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PAEC still waiting for federal funding

BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com

Federal Way city officials are in the midst of negotiations with community development entities that were awarded New Markets Tax Credits this past June.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund allocated $3.5 billion in tax credits to 76 organizations across the country.

While Economic Development Director Tim Johnson wouldn’t discuss negotiation details at this point, he did say the city will have a better idea of how much tax credits the Performing Arts and Events Center will get by mid-August.

Johnson said there’s been some delay because some community development entities are concerned over issues associated with federal legislation, specifically in regard to fees involved in the process. However, he anticipates an answer on that by the end of the month.

Since the allocations, the city has taken a formal, coordinated approach to applying for the tax credits.

“It’s an interesting exercise to go through because it takes a considerable amount of time [ more PAEC, page 3 ]

Family needs help as girl fights leukemia again

BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com

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wo hours after a routine check-in with her doctor, 7-yearold Sienna Braun’s parents got the call.

The Silver Lake Elementary first grader was cancer-free for one year but her leukemia returned.

“She was becoming a normal kid again,” Sienna’s stepmom Janette Braun said. “There were no visual signs that she was battling cancer.”

Last spring, Sienna was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia but went into remission after a round of chemotherapy.

In the past year, Sienna was able to return to school, go to Disney World, ride her bike and do normal children activities.

Her hair had grown back.

“Ironically enough, we decided we were going to take the three of us on a trip when she was done and we were getting ready to plan a trip to Hawaii,” Braun said of Sienna and her husband Josh, Sienna’s father.

So when Sienna’s parents found themselves at Seattle Children’s Hospital on June 30 for Sienna’s three month chemotherapy lumbar puncture, a procedure where doctor’s pull spinal fluid to check for cancer, they thought it was just that — a regular, routine check-in. Her previous test in April returned positive results.

They waited to tell Sienna about her relapse until they had a chance to meet with her doctors the next day.

“Her entire team was just shocked,” Braun said. “… When we saw [her nurse practitioner], you’re supposed to keep a professional distance but you could see the pain in her eyes.”

Braun said Sienna is handling the news of her cancer different this time around.

“She’s afraid she’s gonna die,” Braun said. “No 7-year-old should ever have to ask that.”

In the last year, she’s met other kids with cancer who have passed away.

“The fact that she’s done everything she’s supposed to and the medicine hasn’t worked ...,” Braun said of Sienna’s fear.

When they got home from the hospital, Braun said Sienna went downstairs to watch movies with her 19-year-old sister.

“She said, ‘Sister, I have really sad news for you. My cancer’s back and I have to go back to the hospital,’” Braun said. “My daughter said [Sienna] cried but it wasn’t a ‘cry, cry’, it was just Sienna Braun, 7, holds a stuffed bear while at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Braun was diagnosed tears rolling down her face. She said, ‘That’s OK, we’re going to with leukemia in May 2014 but was doing well in remission until her cancer returned this June. Forced kick this cancer in the butt like last time.’” to undergo more in-patient chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, she and her parents will be staying at the hospital for 75 days. Contributed photo [ more FAMILY, page 3 ]

Superintendent takes seat, creates 100-day plan

BY RAECHEL DAWSON rdawson@fedwaymirror.com

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Listen, learn and lead.

That’s the approach Superintendent Tammy Campbell will take during her first 100 days working for Federal Way Public Schools.

Already knee-deep into listening

and learning, Campbell started her first day as superintendent on July 1 and has met with every principal in every Federal Way school as part of her preentry plan.

“Although I have been in multiple systems and I’ve had significant experience around continuous improvement and instruction, you still need to learn

the system,” Campbell said in an interview. “You need to listen to see what the context is. Then, once you do that, you can lead the organization.”

During her 100-day plan, she hopes to accomplish five goals: strengthen the school board and superintendent relationship; understand the district’s [ more SCHOOL, page 30 ]

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Longtime Federal Way resident and human rights leader Harold G. Booker, Sr. received the Federal Way mayor’s “Key to the City” on Thursday in front of a packed room of supporters, friends and family.

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discrimination, from an attempt to block the purchase of their home to an unimaginable backlash for taking their family to a community pool. Rather than succumb to the negative treatment, Booker and his beloved wife Verda fought back. He helped organize and became president of the Federal Way Human Rights Committee, was active with the King County Housing Authority and served as president of the Federal Way school district School Naming Committee.

“Often the true test of one’s character is how one responds when facing adversity. Harold Booker met adversity head-on and led the way forward, setting an example for generations to come,” said Mayor Jim Ferrell. “He is a beacon of hope, shining a light on the shadows of intolerance and bigotry. Harold’s actions helped to educate our community and his efforts resulted in increased equality and fair housing standards in our region. Harold understood that to change the injustice so many were facing, he had to change the hearts and minds of our community. He and his family moved forward with a steady hand guided

Mayor Jim Ferrell (left) presents Harold Booker with the mayor’s “Key to the City” for his outstanding leadership and commitment to human rights during a council meeting on July 9. Courtesy city of Federal Way by faith and love of thy neighbor. Sadly, the reality of racism is still very much with us today. Fortunately, so is Harold Booker and we are all better for it.”

Now in retirement, Booker serves as a pro bono volunteer with the Washington State Bar Association, providing services to those with multiple needs and who require potentially costly legal support.

In addition to the Key to the City presentation, the mayor and council also recognized the founding members of the Federal Way Human Rights Com-

mittee for their “outstanding contribution” and for “stepping courageously forward to create positive change in our community,” according to city officials.

“I am pleased that we are able to recognize the committee members who were here tonight, as well as those who were with us in spirit,” said Deputy Mayor Jeanne Burbidge, an active member of the committee. “Their willingness to step forward to serve their neighbor, regardless of race, or gender provided the opportunity for countless residents to be treated with fairness and dignity.”

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www.federalwaymirror.com [ FAMILY from page 1] The Federal Way family is preparing to take two months off of work while Sienna undergoes chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Thankfully, Sienna’s leukemia hasn’t traveled to her bone marrow, but doctors recommend the transplant because there’s a 50 percent chance the cancer will spread without it.

The plan? Nearly 30 days of in-patient chemotherapy to get her into remission again before the transplant and an additional 45 days after.

With Sienna’s dad as the primary financial provider and the only one who can legally sign hospital paperwork, the extended leave will hit the family hard.

“Being here with her is the easy part, you’re a parent,” Braun said. “You take every minute at a time.”

Braun explains she was going to try to go back to work but Sienna wants the two in her sight at all times while at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

The financial instability

is causing the family great stress because of hospital bills, regular daily expenses and, not to mention, they also have teenage children.

Because of this, the Brauns have set up a gofundme.com account for Sienna’s second battle. Already, the community has rallied around them and raised $7,000 in two weeks. With a goal of $20,000, Braun said it’s been amazing to see complete strangers emailing them and donating.

Even local Safeway store in the Twin Lakes Shopping Center asked how they could help. Sienna had filmed a Mariner’s Moose commercial there for Seattle Children’s Hospital so the employees and store manager knew who she was.

Braun said the manager approached her, asking if it would be OK if they designated coin jars at cash registers to help the family out.

While the family celebrates each happy moment to the fullest, such as Sienna’s giggle as she plays Candyland with her dad or visits

from her sisters, teachers, friends and even Macklemore, the hard times are especially hard.

“She had a mental break, a code purple,” Braun said, explaining the cause is from a steroid she has to take called dexamethasone for incremental periods. “She basically can’t control her feelings. She was trying to hurt herself, trying to hurt us. It was just overwhelming.”

Seattle Children’s Hospital has a psychiatric team, called the Purple Team, which have since developed a plan and are working on coping skills when she’s going through these “’roid rages,” as Braun describes them.

“Once she comes down, she cries,” Braun said. “It’s heart wrenching. She’s doing better now but we have another five-day course next week.”

Getting her nasogastric tube intubated was also a struggle. While it’s in now, the first time it was put in, she vomited it out and the second time she screamed and cried. Finally, doctors

[ PAEC from page 1] to pursue,” Johnson said, adding that after the application process, community development entities would likely visit the site of the Performing Arts and Events Center, although that’s not always a given — even if the entity awards the tax credits.

Before the tax credits were allocated, Johnson said between three to four community development entities visited the site, with one, Clearing House Community Development Financial Institution, very interested.

However, Clearing House and another entity the city had communications with (called Alaska Growth Capital) received no allocations this year.

“There were a couple of organizations that were very high on our list but received no allocations,” Johnson said. “Clearing House didn’t get any allocations but they’ve been very helpful to us in that their president, CEO has been calling other community development entities making recommendations.”

While the city hoped the West Coast would see a good amount of New Markets Tax Credits allocations, there was more of a focus on the East Coast this year, Johnson said.

“You have to go through a shotgun approach to make sure you’re talking to as many organizations as you can because you do not know who will get an allocation,” Johnson said.

“There’s folks we had talked with who did receive allocations and some we didn’t get a chance to talk to who we are talking to.”

Johnson said it’s important to note that different entities have different underwriting authority, in the sense that some can award New Markets Tax Credits nationwide or to specific regions. While Johnson was disappointed to see no entities domiciled in Washington get those credits, it essentially doesn’t make a difference for the arts center.

On the backside, Johnson said there needs to be someone who buys the tax credits. The city already has two letters of interest from investors, which is appealing to the entities, Johnson said.

“One element that we delightfully identified by community development entities is that they enjoyed the fact that, they like that it’s next to a transit center and there are many organizations outside of Washington state that advocate financing projects that are adjacent to transit centers,” he said. “They’re looking for implications associated with reducing carbon footprints.”

Johnson said there hasn’t been one component of the Performing Arts and Events Center that community development entities have shied away from but the city is competing on a national level with many great projects.

What will put the city at an advantage is that the center will be shovel ready around the same time closing would occur, which is this fall.

“We have more than enough to keep us busy on a daily basis,” Johnson said. “… Financing is like playing chess on a multi-level chess board.”

But city official’s knowledge and approach compared to last year’s attempt to get New Markets Tax Credits is fine-tuned.

“We were well prepared for all of the information in advance,” Johnson said. “Preliminary, good intelligence told us what some of the questions (on the application) would be. We started working on answering those questions and it didn’t come as a surprise, we’d done our homework.”

Johnson said he will update the Mirror as soon as the city knows what deals have been closed and how many New Markets Tax Credits they’ve been awarded, if any. The city is hoping for $7.2 million in federal funding.

Congress established the New Markets Tax Credit program in 2000 during the Clinton

Sienna Braun, age 7, in her hospital bed at Seattle Children’s with two of her favorite teachers. Sienna is battling leukemia again and her family needs the community’s help with financial support. Contributed photo were able to place it through sedation. It stayed in after hot chocolate with extra sprinkles was delivered, on request, when she woke up.

The Brauns face the next two months dependant on chemotherapy, donations and good spirits.

“We’re really relying on

other people to help us,” Braun said. “It’s scary but also beautiful because they are helping.”

To donate to this family, visit www.gofundme. com/siennaslove, buy a shirt in support of Sienna at www.booster.com/siennastronground2 or mail

cards or donations to Seattle Children’s Hospital patient Sienna Braun FA.7.206, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98105. To follow Sienna’s battle against cancer, visit her Facebook page “Sienna Strong Against Cancer” at www.facebook.com/ SiennaStrongAgainstCancer

Administration.

The aim of the program, according to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the U.S. Treasury, is to “spur new or increased investments into operating businesses and real estate projects located in low-income communities.”

In a previous Mirror report, Ade Ariwoola, Federal Way’s finance director, said should the city not receive the tax credits, its $85 million-plus in-debt capacity would allow for council authorization of a bond to pay the difference for the events center project.

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HOMETOWN WORLD CLASS SPEED SKATER BRINGS BACK THE GOLD

On June 17-28 at the Colorado Olympic Training Center, the Outdoor National Speed Skating Championships were held. After two weeks of grueling heats, semi-finals, finals and road races, Federal Way’s Brandon Hall came home with two gold, two silver, one bronze and set two new national records in the World Class Division.

Then after extensive tryouts, he’s one of the only two people from the West Coast who made the USA World Team and will be competing at World Championships in China-Taipei from Nov. 13-22.

Hall also will be competing at Indoor Speed Skating Nationals in Albuquerque this week, representing Team Extreme from Pattison’s West Skating Center. Pattison’s is where Apollo Ono, and another hometowner JR Celski raced as well.

Hall has been to Columbia and Rome so far for World competitions. He also skates on a professional racing circuit representing his hometown and rink.

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Federal Way native readies for Ironman World Championship

BY TERRENCE HILL thill@fedwaymirror.com

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ackson Dovey accomplished a feat that very few inhabitants on Earth would dare even attempt on June 28 — he qualified for the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.

Ironman races are known to be one of the most grueling athletic challenges in the world. They consist of swimming 2.4 miles, a 112-mile bike ride and 26.1 miles of running with no breaks in between.

Dovey grew up in Federal Way and currently resides in San Jose, California. He attended Federal Way High School where he was on the swim and soccer teams. He learned to swim at Marine Hills.

Eventually, he went on to Santa Clara University to play soccer. After graduating, he wanted to find an outlet for his competitive nature.

“I always watched Ironman competitions,” Dovey said. “You could always find the World Championships that take place in Hawaii on TV.” Dovey said that his swimming background was the biggest asset for him in starting to compete in triathlons. It is also his strongest event, though he says that he’s pretty balanced in cycling and running as well.

He began competing in triathlons in late 2010 and he quickly knew it was the sport for him.

For the past two years, he competed at half Ironman distance and in the championships. While he had done a couple full-distance Ironman competitions before, he began to focus on them this year.

He qualified for the Ironman World Championship by placing highly at the Ironman Coeur d’Alene event. While the distances are already a challenge to overcome, there was another factor that Dovey found even worse.

“The heat was the toughest part,” Dovey said. “We didn’t know until a half hour before the race what the distance would be because of the heat.”

The temperature in Coeur d’Alene reached a record-high as it topped 105 degrees on the day of the event. The fire department was worried about heat stroke and potential heat-related risks to not only the competitors, but to volunteers and fans as well.

Still, the event went on as planned.

Ironman races have a 17-hour time limit. Dovey completed the race in 9:26:24. He finished the swimming stage in 51:48, the biking stage in 5:05:25

and the running stage in 3:24:14. He placed first in the 30-34 age group, 13th in his gender class and 14th overall. Over 1,300 individuals competed.

“Idaho was redemption for me after what happened in Texas,” Dovey said. “It was the race of my life. I was coached by an amazing coach and executing what I was taught was the name of the game.”

Dovey hoped to qualify for the World Championships in May when he competed in an event in Texas. He was one of the first out of the water during the swimming stage, but things went wrong in the biking stage as he flatted his tire and could not continue the race.

“It gave me six weeks to focus and tweak my training,” Dovey said.

He has increased his training since switching to the full Ironman distance.

He now trains 20-30 hours per week.

“It’s gonna sound weird, but I like the pain of training,” Dovey said. “I love stressing the limits of what humans can do. I love triathlons because they are all on me, unlike the team sports I played like soccer.”

Dovey attributes a lot of his growth this year to his team, Every Man Jack. They have produced many of the

Jackson Dovey, 31, celebrates after crossing the finish line at the Ironman Coeur d’Alene event. Dovey finished in 14th place overall and first in his age group. Contributed photo top Ironman competitors in the world. He said he was shocked they invited him to join after he reached out to them because of their high rank. They have won the team Ironman championship the last couple of years.

He and his teammates took part in the Ironman 70.3 Vineman event in Windsor, California this past weekend. Members of Every Man Jack placed in five of the top 10 spots.

“I would have never been in the position I’m at without my support team and sponsors,” Dovey said. “I feel like I have the best support team in this sport with

my wife, my parents and my team. It’s such an honor to race with guys so fast.”

With Idaho down, Dovey now turns his attention to Hawaii and the World Championship.

“In Hawaii, I’m looking to compete to the best of my ability,” Dovey said. “I’m excited to see what I can do with all the preparation and where I stack up against the rest of the world. This event always brings the most talented athletes in the world to one place.”

The Ironman World Championship takes place on Oct. 10 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Simons prepares for Crossfit world games

BY SHAWN SKAGER

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ow that two of this season’s three major Crossfit competitions are in the bag, all that’s left for Kevin Simons is the big one: The 2015 Crossfit World Championships that start on July 22 in Southern California.

For Simons, a 27-year-old Thomas Jefferson High School graduate who qualified by finishing seventh at the Crossfit Regional games May 29-31 at the Tacoma Dome, it’s all about getting ready for the world games — four grueling days of various exercises aimed at finding out who is the fittest all-around athlete of them all.

“We do weightlifting, gymnastics, running, rowing, biking, strongman equipment, they can throw anything they want at us,” Simons said.

For Simons, who trains at Alpha Strength and Conditioning in Auburn, his own workout gym next to the Auburn Gymnastics Center, the road to Crossfit began back in junior high when he started competing in gymnastics.

After graduating from Jefferson, Simons attended Washington State University, where he studied kinesiology and began weightlifting.

After graduation, he coached gymnastics at Auburn Gymnastics, and four years ago transitioned into personal training.

“Slowly, it got bigger, and I realized that this was what I wanted to do full-time, so I passed

Kevin Simons works out on the rings at Alpha Strength and Conditioning. Shawn Skager/Reporter Newspapers

off the gymnastics team to someone else (and opened Alpha),” he said. “We’ve been open about a-year-and-a-half.”

Not long after that, he started competing at Crossfit. This year he finished first in Washington state in phase one of the season, the online Open, which drew in more than 209,000 competitors worldwide.

“I ended up in 21st [in the men’s competition], first in Washington and second in our region,” Simon said. “It’s an online competition where they release the standards, and you can either submit a video or you can go to a Crossfit affiliate and have it judged. But if you’re going to regionals you have to turn in a video of one of the events.”

Next came the regionals.

And now, it’s all about the world competition.

Unlike the regionals — Simons said he knew the events he’d be competing in about six weeks before the actual competition — he’s going into the competition without knowing [ more CROSSFIT, page 5 ]

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Federal Way National/Steel Lake softball all-stars fall in championship

BY TERRENCE HILL thill@fedwaymirror.com

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he Federal Way National/Steel Lake majors softball all-star team’s run through the state tournament came to an end Friday after battling their way to the championship following an early defeat.

The girls advanced to the state tournament by winning the District 10 championship over Auburn on June 24.

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They lost a tightly contested game to Battle Ground Little League’s all-stars in the first round of the state tournament. The game went into extra innings and Battle Ground scored the winning runs in the eighth.

With the loss, the Federal Way National/ Steel Lake team needed to win four consecutive games to have a chance at the championship.

They won the next two games over the Bellevue and Columbia (Vancouver) Little League teams by a combined score of 40-9.

The mercy rule was used in both games.

A rematch with Battle Ground was next up for the girls and they were able to avenge their loss in the first round with an 8-2 win.

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any of the events.

“We come in blind for that,” he said.

“Sometimes they announce a few workouts early just to get people interested. Typically they tell you and you have an hour to strategize and go do it. But it makes it fun because right now I get to train for everything.”

Simons continued: “I’m one of the stronger athletes in the competition, so I like the heavy events,” he said. “I like the more skilled events with gymnastics, too. Don’t love the

The win put them into the semi-finals against Gig Harbor Little League’s all-star team.

Gig Harbor won their first two games of the tournament by a combined score of 28-4 before being defeated 10-0 by South Snohomish Little League’s all-stars. Federal Way National/Steel Lake was able to put them away in a 14-1 rout, earning them a spot in the championship.

The winner of the championship game earned a spot in the Western Regional, which starts July 24 in San Bernardino, California.

South Snohomish, the defending state champions, were undefeated going into the game. They won the District 1 championship by outscoring their three opponents 28-0.

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long workouts but I’ve been working on that this year, trying to build my aerobics base. So it’s not as much of a weakness as it’s been in the past.”

Simons said he’s working out for six hours or more a day to prep.

“I usually get to the gym around 9 [a.m.] or 10,” Simons said. “Then I’m usually doing some type of intervals, whether it’s rowing, running or biking. It’s about an hour-and-ahalf of that. I also do gymnastics skill work in the beginning there. Then it’s sleep, and eat

They won their first three games in the state tournament via mercy rule as they outscored their opponents by a combined score of 45-2.

Despite their fantastic run in the tournament, Federal Way National/Steel Lake were unable to overcome South Snohomish as they fell 10-0 in five innings.

Christine Lee managed the team’s only hit in the top of the third inning. South Snohomish’s Makayla Miller struck out seven batters.

Federal Way National will have another chance to place highly in a state tournament when the 9/10 baseball all-stars begin state tournament play on Saturday, July 18 against Aberdeen Little League in Montesano.

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Nick Hall, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School, was

and come back and train with my heavy lifts from two to four o’clock. And then I do more conditioning at six o’clock and turn in about eight p.m.”

Nutrition is also crucial, and Simons puts away about 3,500 calories a day.

“That’s about 400 and 500 grams of carbs, about 175 grams of protein, and somewhere between 60 and 90 grams of fat,” Simons said.

“I track all my food, so that helps. I’ve always been heavy, so I’ve been trying to lean out this year. I lost a lot of weight before region-

named to the class 4A all-state second team on July 8.

Hall was also a first-team allleague defender and helped lead the Raiders to the postseason this year.

The Raiders finished with an overall record of 8-4-5 and a league record of 7-2-4.

als, so that really helps out a lot. I went from 95 kilos (about 210 pounds) down to 84 kilos (about 185 pounds). That was really helpful for the running and the gymnastics and all the body weight stuff.”

The Crossfit World Games begin July 22 in Hermosa Beach, Calif. and continue July 2426 in Carson, Calif. For more information, visit www.games.crossfit.com.

To help defray the cost of travel and lodging, a GoFundMe account has been set up at www.gofundme.com/Kevinscrossfit.

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C2 Education’s Federal Way tutoring center celebrated success this summer as three of the center’s students will move on to top U.S. colleges this fall.

The Federal Way Public Schools students include Alyssa Yun, who was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania; Brian Hur, who will attend Duke University; and Daniel Kim, who will attend Cornell University.

In addition, two of C2 Education’s students achieved perfect scores on the SAT exam.

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“We believe gardens can be therapeutic,” Powell said.

“I like to say get the soil right before you try to do the garden and the garden will calm your soul, not soil.”

Before they purchased the property, the Powells moved to Federal Way in 1961 as Monte Powell’s business was in Des Moines. In his early days, he was also an official naturalist for Water District 56 and knew the property as having a spring with good quality water. He recalls his children playing in the forest when they were younger.

“There were only 5,000 people here,” Powell said of Federal Way. “It looked like the suburbs.”

Powell said he got his green thumb from his mother who was a great gardener and his brother who was “equally talented.”

Trying to keep up, Powell’s efforts during his 30year love affair with gardens have been fruitful.

Powell spent some time in England looking at gardens and training for a brief period. For 20 years, he was also a part of the Washington State University Master Gardener Program, “all of which was in preparation” for the garden.

Now an oasis in Federal Way’s urban environment, it wasn’t always that way.

When they bought the property, they discovered the ravined property had been severely neglected and used as a dumping ground.

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The only thing salvageable was the successional forest that remains today.

“It was really somewhat barren or bare around the house,” he said. “It just had things dumped on it so we did two or three years of soil restoration and built the garden on top of that.”

Soil improvement was key, Powell said, as when he started he “couldn’t grow weeds.”

But they eventually grew hedges to divide the outside space into seven garden “rooms” and opened their garden to the public in 1999 during the Federal Way Symphony’s Garden Tour, which they helped start.

The garden room and patio were completed in 2003 and eventually the Powells opened their garden to the greater public as a way to serve the Federal Way community.

Although Oliver the neighbor cat gets free access, the garden is open to the public from April through October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. Entry is $5 per person and is free for children under 12 years old.

Guided tours are $8.

Over the years, the garden has changed from an English theme to more of a northwestern garden.

“We try to do things that are really appropriate to the Northwest by using leaf textures, size patterns and plant and flowering,” Powell said. “… We’re constantly bringing in new material.”

The newest would have to be the golden form of Don Redwood, a plant that was thought to be extinct but was found in China in 1946.

The Powells also host several community events, with the largest being the Mother’s Day tea and the Storytelling Festival in July.

This year’s Storytelling Festival is on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25.

Special storytellers include Donald Davis, Lyn Ford, Kevin Kling, Motoko and Antonio Rocha.

Monte Powell, the owner of PowellsWood, stands in his garden. PowellsWood will host the fourth annual Storytelling Festival on July 24-25. RAECHEL DAWSON, the Mirror “Story telling is not reading out of a book,” Powell said. “It’s for adults as well as for children.”

Powell said the workshops that will teach people better storytelling skills are important because story telling can not only improve communication but help people understand complex ideas.

The event brings more than 600 people and is $20 for adults, $5 for children.

This year, Powell installed a green parking lot that essentially looks like a grass lawn with a garden around it. But it’s specially designed to hold cars with a plastic grid system that’s incorporated beneath. The grass pave locks together with sand in between and under it, creating a lawn that’s strong enough to hold fire trucks. Powell said a green parking lot is currently at Village Green, a Federal Way-based retirement home that he owns.

Along with the green parking lot is the implementation of the garden’s first rain garden, which will likely be complete by next spring.

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As Powell looks to the future, he sees PowellsWood as a public garden.

In fact, they’ve already formed a nonprofit. And as they continue to refine and improve the garden, Powell’s ultimate goal is to be a resource for educational youth outreach.

They just finished a trial run with Mountain to Sound Greenway Program, which develops curriculums and resources for children to learn about conservation efforts.

The program works with schools and coordinates six sections of learning.

“There’s quite a movement now, I think there’s a recognition, that if we’re going to have an affect on, well in dramatic terms, saving the planet, you’ve got to deal with this younger age group and get them thinking about it because a number of the problems that have been created have been through lack of knowledge or under-

standing,” Powell said. “So you’re trying to bring up this knowledge base of the younger generation and that’s where we’re going to solve the problems.”

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o matter how you spin it, the Performing Arts and Events Center will cost our community a TON of money.

Even if the estimated construction costs and required annual subsidies are correct (which they aren’t), this project will be one of the most expensive in our city’s history.

Even if we were to believe that the events center will magically revitalize our troubled downtown, how are we going to pay for it?

So far, supporters of the events center have been able to raise approximately $650,000 of their promised $1 million in donations. Even if they met their promised amount, it would represent less than 4 percent of the total cost of construction. To put this in perspective, their donations, while admirable, won’t be enough to even pay the sales tax on this project. If these supporters, including the mayor and City Council, are so passionate about building an events center, why aren’t they willing to pay for even 10 percent of the project?

Sadly, the shortage of donations is only the beginning of the events center’s financial problems. While the mayor and council are dead set on starting construction in October, they are still a long way from raising the required $32 million. To their credit, the city has managed to secure $2 million from the state’s budget and another $2 million from the county’s 4Culture budget. For those of you following along at home, this gives the city approximately $5 million, leaving them less than six months to raise the remaining $27 million.

How, you ask, can the city start construction this fall if they are short $27 million? Unbeknownst to most people, the mayor and City Council are prepared to drain some $10 million from an assortment of reserve funds, which includes canceling at least one major traffic improvement project and reducing services to some of our most impoverished citizens. The city has claimed this to be “extra” money, which begs the question: Why hasn’t the city used this so-called extra money to hire more police officers or improve our traffic congestion?

Matthew Jarvis

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Mayor’s rant takes over candidate forum This column should be about last week’s candidates’ forum. But that will have to wait, because the talk of the town is Mayor Jim Ferrell’s out-of-control rant at one of the City Council candidates during the forum.

This is one of those incidents where, unless you were there, it is hard to believe it actually happened. I was there.

Ferrell is not up for election this year and was attending as an interested citizen. Mark Greene, who is running against appointed incumbent Lydia Assefa-Dawson and fellow candidate Anthony Murrietta for the City Council, said he was chosen by the mayor’s camp to run in this race. That caught Ferrell’s attention, but when Murrietta, during his comment period, joked about the reference to the mayor selecting Greene, Ferrell’s temper overtook his patience.

He interrupted the proceedings from the back of the room, leaping to his feet and stating in a loud tone toward Greene the comment was not accurate.

A less seasoned moderator could have lost control at that point as the raised voices between

Ferrell and Greene were eroding the decorum quickly. But, Dr. T.M. Sell regained control after directing Ferrell to sit down and admonishing Greene that Murrietta still had the floor.

It was an impetuous mistake in judgement for Ferrell to interrupt the proceedings, as he seemed to forget he isn’t just another citizen. He is the mayor. He is expected to demonstrate a higher level of calm, self control and poise under pressure for the citizens he serves. Unfortunately, he didn’t and it got worse.

After a fire commissioner encouraged him, Ferrell went after the topic again during “questions from the audience,” demanding to know who from his camp made the overture and saying he had never met Greene. Greene held his ground and said he had an email exchange with Ferrell’s campaign manager that proved it.

Greene said he didn’t state the name as he did not have the person’s permission. He later said he would give the name to Mirror editor Carrie Rodriguez along with the emails.

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Taste of Thai treasure in Federal Way My wife and I recently went out to dinner at a place on Highway 99 called Kwan Tip Thai, which is housed in a lime green building with blue trim. It is just in a small, old mini-mall perpendicular to Highway 99 on the east side of the highway.

While the mini-mall is old, it all changes quickly when you walk through the door. The place actually has some ambiance with lace table cloths and semi-formal chairs and pretty good air conditioning as well.

Their food is excellent!

The calamari appetizer with its lightly battered crust and served with a wonderful chili sauce is out of this world.

Additionally, my wife and I had two dishes that consisted of fried rice with three or four different kinds of meat with some vegetables. The second dish was wonton soup, which was also excellent.

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sert (my birthday) with some kind of black rice and cream dish, which was really good.

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Don’t let Federal Way schools off the hook I read with great dismay the July 3 letter from Patricia Scott, who stated that her son, with a traumatic brain injury, was poorly treated by teachers and officials at Federal Way High School.

Ms. Scott, and all other

parents in this school district with a child who has a physical or mental health disability, such treatment by your child’s school is not only deplorable, it is a violation of federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that schools and districts accommodate the education needs of students with disabilities to ensure that they receive the free public education that is available to all other students.

For students who are performing at grade level, parents may demand the district provide a document called a Section 504 plan. For other students who cannot perform at grade level, parents may

demand an individual education plan. This plan, which can be negotiated with or without an attorney present, identifies the accommodations the student requires in order to receive the free education to which he or she is entitled.

Many parents may not know that their child is entitled to these accommodations, and that under federal law, the school district is obliged to provide them. In Ms. Scott’s case, she could have written an individual education plan or 504 Plan that allowed her son to wear head coverage for as long as her son felt a need for it. In addition, she could have included steps that teachers must take to respond to disruptive behavior that would conform to the [ more LETTERS page 12 ]

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Even with this $10 million of “extra” money, the city is still short by roughly $17 million. While there are still a couple of pending sources of money, in a recent letter to the state of Washington, the city made it clear that they were prepared to borrow as much money as was necessary to build the Performing Arts and Events Center.

Just for the sake of discussion, let’s say the city gets a few million from their pending sources and has to borrow “only” $15 million. The payments on this loan would be approximately $1 million annually for the next 20 years. This already-staggering loan payment does not include the grossly underestimated $200,000 in annual losses that the city will need to cover just to keep the lights on.

To put these numbers in perspective, the cost of hiring a police officer is roughly $100,000 annually. In other words, the city is prepared to spend the equivalent of 12 police officers annually for the next 20 years in order to build and operate the events center.

Even if we ignore all of these costs, what happens during the next recession when money gets tight or when the events center losses greatly exceed projections? Will the city be willing to temporarily shut down the events center to save money, or will we be faced with even more cuts to police? During the last recession, the city significantly reduced funding to street maintenance while keeping their other pet projects fully funded.

Though I am very doubtful, it is possible that building the events center will be the best thing to ever happen to Federal Way. Maybe it really will be the catalyst to bring more businesses and jobs to the downtown area. But is it worth the cost and the risk?

What if successful business owners like Jeff Stock and Byron Hiller are correct in projecting that the events center losses will be significantly higher than the city is claiming? What if instead of being a miracle cure it becomes another money pit? What if instead of bringing in new business to Federal Way it leads to higher taxes and fewer services — a result that will likely chase out more businesses than it attracts?

Without a crystal ball, we have no way of knowing whose predictions for the future will turn out right. But with so much on the line, shouldn’t voters be given a say in the matter?

One of the most dangerous mindsets in business, investing, poker and especially government is to think that you are too far in to stop. It is never too late to stop, take a deep breath and make sure you are thinking clearly.

After all, throwing good money after bad has never led to success. Committing the equivalent of 12 police officers, and/or miles and miles of potholes for the next 20 years to fund a pet project should not be done lightly, or without voter approval.

We can be certain that both City Hall and the unofficial events center spokesperson Joann Piquette will respond to this column claiming that all of my numbers are wrong and that magically everything will turn out OK. While only time will tell whose numbers are more accurate, perhaps they could include in their response why voters are not being given a say in this major project.

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: Mr. Federal Way, with the onslaught of smartphone users, I have noticed the large number of people in public places talking, texting and on social media, completely unaware of their surroundings.

I find it rude and inconsiderate; what’s your take on this?

A: Although several readers would be opposed to describing Mr. Federal Way as “smart,” Mr. Federal Way does actually own a smartphone. Due partially to a lack of technological savviness and mostly due to an abundance of common sense, Mr. Federal Way uses excellent cell phone etiquette and thinks everyone else should too.

Even though Mr. Federal Way thinks “Baby Got Back” is a very catchy ringtone to alert him when Mrs. Federal Way is calling, the other Mirror staff members don’t appreciate hearing the soundbite at top volume numerous times throughout the day. (We have an excellent relationship thanks to our rock-solid and constant communication.)

I have found that the sound of smartphone vibrating on my desk or in my pocket is enough to catch my attention, but doesn’t disrupt others’ concentration. I can quickly excuse myself from

the office if I need to discuss something personal, or I can just speak softly.

Despite the fact that Mr. Federal Way is inundated with email questions, Facebook friend requests, and fan mail, Mrs. Federal Way has implemented a strict rule regarding phone use at the dinner table. Similar to marijuana-related business in Federal Way, it is banned.

(Although her ban is permanent.

Mrs. Federal Way is quite decisive. No “cell phone moratorium” at our house.)

The dinner table is meant for nourishment and conversation with those across the table, not those across the World Wide Web. If you don’t even know what your teenage daughter is up to during the day, should you be concerned with what your former co-worker from your part-time job in college is posting on social media? Absolutely not. That inbox full of important messages? It will be there tomorrow right after you punch the time clock. No need to open that can of worms while enjoying your supper. Leave that mess at work.

As for texting and driving, I’m going to let Chief of Police Andy Hwang answer to that, or better yet South King Fire and Rescue Chief Al Church. It’s stupid, expensive and dangerous. No etiquette needed.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, I recently saw a report that said cops are more likely to ticket you for speeding on the highway in Federal Way. How is that possible since all I ever see is traffic?

A: You know, Mr. Federal Way was confused when he saw that report too at first. But after some thought, it makes a little bit of sense.

The report from King 5 said that around the 320th exit is where you are four times as likely to get a ticket than a mile in either direction. They also said it is more likely to happen at 8 a.m. and between 4-6 p.m.

Mr. Federal Way understands the morning one somewhat.

You’ve battled through the mess in Tacoma and Fife and you need to catch up a bit on your commute north.

Things open up a bit in this area, so why not add a few extra

mph to your normal traveling speed?

Judging from the amount of people that Mr. Federal Way has seen pulled over to the side of the road, there’s probably a good reason you shouldn’t add those mph.

Now the evening commute is still baffling. Interstate 5 is a glorified parking lot right around 3 p.m. and it only gets worse during the peak of rush hour traffic.

Mr. Federal Way doesn’t know how anyone is speeding going southbound since it looks like everyone is moving about 10 feet a minute from here through Fife and Tacoma.

Maybe they’re targeting those people who commute south in the morning and north in the evening because they don’t want them to be too happy their commute is much less of a headache?

Then again, maybe Mr. Federal Way is giving too much credit to Washington drivers who seem to know how to do every illegal maneuver on the road regardless of how much traffic is around.

Sometimes Mr. Federal Way wishes he could ticket them. But alas, Mr. Federal Way cannot.

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helps them merge into traffic to pull people over easier. It might help, but Mr. Federal Way has seen cops pull over to all sorts of nooks and crannies to hide themselves on the road.

Generally speaking, people move out of the way when they see the lights start to flash regardless of how difficult merging should be. Or they run if they’re stupid. Mr. Federal Way has seen a lot of stupid people in these situations.

This news doesn’t bother Mr. Federal Way since Mr. Federal Way is a saint who never gets in trouble for anything that doesn’t involve Mr. Federal Way’s opinions. Actually, it’s just because Mr. Federal Way’s salary isn’t enough to pay off the ticket.

Police should start ticketing people who don’t know how to merge instead of those who are speeding. That’s where the real money is in this state anyway. It’s not as hard as you all make it, Mr. Federal Way promises.

Q: Mr. Federal Way, when are you going to actually go on a vacation?

A: None of your business.

Got a question for Mr. Federal Way? Email mrfederalway@federalwaymirror.com

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But that’s all politics. The real issue here is the mayor’s conduct. This is his second major public meltdown. Apologists for him might argue “he had to defend himself from an inaccurate allegation.” That strategy would only be used by amateurs.

Rather than contain the issue to the 60 people who were in attendance and likely didn’t believe Greene anyway, Ferrell’s conduct ensured at least 30,000 would read about his outburst on the front page of the Mirror.

His action expanded, rather than contained the damage. Another spin control answer from his supporters was that he was formerly a county prosecutor and he reverted to his courtroom style.

That doesn’t work either; if he exhibited that behavior in a court of law he would have been fined for contempt. And had that conduct occurred by a citizen in a council meeting, As the presiding officer, Ferrell would have had Police Chief Andy Hwang escorting them to the parking lot.

All Ferrell had to do was remember what office he holds and keep his mouth closed until the right time. The press would have done exactly what it did, ask questions and ask for proof.

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June Phyllis Ullarich was born June 16, 1928 in Lead, SD, and passed away July 9, 2015 in Federal Way, WA at the age of 87. June loved playing bingo, doing needle point, and plastic canvas. June is survived by her four children, Gary Madison, Dale Madison, Patty Madison, and Anna Pennington; one sister and two brothers; two grandchildren Katrina and Sarah; and one great-grandson Nolan. June was preceded in death by her husband Clifford Ullarich. ~Services will be private.~

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Carrie Lynn Kuhel

February 25, 1955-July 1, 2015 Carrie Lynn Kuhel passed away at her home in Burley, WA on July 1, 2015, while in the loving arms of Larry, her husband of 31 years.

She was born in Stuttgart, Germany to Paul and Margaret Sigwalt on February 25, 1955.

Carrie graduated from The Ohio State University where she was a proud member of Phi Mu sorority. A State Farm Insurance agent for 25 years in N. E. Tacoma, Carrie served over 2,000 clients, many of whom remain friends of hers to this day.

Carrie had a special fondness for dogs and loved her time on the board of the Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society. She was also a dedicated member of the Tacoma Rotary 8.

Carrie was passionate about choral music. She was a member of the Northwest Repertory Singers in Tacoma, and was especially devoted to and cherished by her “Alto Lovelies” who will miss her dearly.

Last year Carrie had the time of her life attending and graduating from Gunsite Academy in Arizona. Working until late at night, she was adamant about being fully prepared for a sudden violent attack. She came home feeling fully prepared to safely take on any challenger. Nobody was going to mess with her!

Carrie will be remembered for her great smile, unbridled enthusiasm, crazy sense of humor, feistiness, compassion, fortitude against incredible odds, and unconditional love. She was an inspiration and a source of strength to all who had the privilege of knowing her.

Carrie was preceded in death by her mother, Margaret Sigwalt, and is survived by husband Larry, father Paul Sigwalt (Sun City, AZ) and her sisters, Katherine Whitten (Glendale, AZ) and Suzanne Dundon (Ft. Myers, Florida).

The family is very grateful to her caregivers at SCCA, Hospice House of Tacoma, and the Visiting Angels of Port Orchard (Thank you, Amber Harmon!) for their great care and compassion, and to the multitude of friends who loved and supported her throughout her battle with cancer.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated on July 25th, 2015 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Gig Harbor, WA at 10:00am, followed by a reception in the Church Hall. At Carrie’s request, guests are asked to wear bright colors.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to The Tacoma-Pierce County Humane Society; The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Northwest Repertory Singers Arrangements by Haven of Rest Funeral Home.

needs of a student with a traumatic brain injury. Other accommodations might include the use of a computer to take classroom notes, allowing oral rather than written tests and so forth.

The school principal is responsible for ensuring compliance with these accommodations, and teachers must be made aware of the student’s needs in writing by providing each teacher a copy of the relevant plan.

A parent can ensure this has been done by communicating directly with each teacher and stating that their child has a plan and that under federal law they must comply with the terms of this plan. They can also email each teacher a copy of the plan, if the principal has not done so.

I would like to urge Ms. Scott not to let the Federal Way schools off the hook for not complying with federal law by removing your child from the system.

This is precisely what they want you to do because accommodating children with special needs is both time consuming for teachers and expensive.

I would also suggest that you consult this website (www.ncld.org/actioncenter/learn-the-law/individuals-withdisabilities-education-act-idea/) and an attorney. For about $250 for a one-hour consult, an attorney with experience in disability law can provide you with the knowledge you need to defend your child’s constitutional rights.

Knowledge is power. I urge you and other parents in the district with similar challenges to use it.

Ginny Vanderlinde, Federal Way

The storyline would have led nowhere.

Even in the unlikely event a story was written, it would have been small and buried under “Candidate and Former Political Aide Disagree.” Ferrell might have had a one-denial quote. The facts say this wasn’t much of a story.

But Ferrell’s outburst made it one, and it made him the center of it and not in a good way. He took away from the candidates who were the real story and he embarrassed himself. I have heard comments that it was entertaining.

Are our expectations so low that we expect entertainment from our mayor?

Has the lesson of the last mayor been so easily forgotten?

Mayor Ferrell needs to learn that along with the perks of being mayor, come adult expectations and responsibilities. Ferrell has a chance to become a really good mayor, but he won’t get the chance if he can’t control his behavior.

Public temper tantrums are beneath the office of mayor. They should also be beneath the occupant.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn: bjroegner@ comcast.net.

Forum article calls credibility into question Regarding the candidate forum article in which my credibility was called into question, it’s near impossible to prove the content of two-way private conversations unless there is a recording.

The Mirror should have had a sentence or two about what was in the emails between me and Mayor Jim Ferrell’s former campaign manager, which pretty much indicated there was at least a phone call (which seemed to be denied by Chris Truppner in the article).

So, yes, I stretched a bit in saying that I could prove what was put to me as the probability of the mayor’s support for my campaign, but I only meant that my contact with his aide-de-camp was actual, and from that people could separate for themselves the wheat from the chaff.

Mark Greene, council candidate

Tired of funerals, sick of gun-hysterical fools Wednesday, June 17 was another day like Friday, Dec. 14, 2012; like Sunday, Aug. 5 2012; like Friday, July 20, 2012 — the anniversaries of the Sandy Hook, Sikh Temple and Aurora Colorado gun massacres.

How many guns did the gun vultures sell to the hysterical gun fools after the Charleston, South Carolina gun massacre?

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Some people in the room may have mistakenly thought Greene was referring to Steve McNey, who has been the mayor’s political advisor for many years. Those who know McNey, knew it wasn’t him as he wouldn’t have made such a rookie mistake. But the person Greene talked to was Chris Truppner, who was listed as Ferrell’s campaign manager when he ran for mayor. Truppner doesn’t have McNey’s experience.

After the meeting, Greene provided the press the emails and further background.

He said he and Truppner exchanged emails and phone calls. Truppner has been doing some campaign work for other area politicians.

Greene had announced several months ago that he would run for the vacant position in the House of Representatives due to Roger Freeman’s passing. He changed his mind and announced for the City Council. Greene says that Truppner suggested that move implying that the mayor would support him.

The emails confirm communications between the two and make reference to a possible phone conversation. They also suggest Truppner was trying to recruit

Greene as a customer. But they do not confirm Greene’s assertion of Ferrell’s support. Greene says that occurred in a phone conversation. Both Truppner and Ferrell deny that Truppner made any such offer.

Earlier this year, there was some speculation about who Ferrell would endorse in this race, and he did get some comment about not recruiting his own candidates.

Some Democrats were unhappy with Assefa-Dawson for supporting Republicans Mark Miloscia and Linda Kochmar.

At the same time, some Democrats were also upset with Ferrell for giving the Key to the City to Republican Teri Hickel, who is running against Democrat Carol Gregory.

And to add more to the background intrigue, some Democrats wondered if Greene would take votes from AssefaDawson in the primary if he switched to the council race, as that might help Murrietta. What was said in any phone conversations between Greene and Truppner? We don’t know.

There is no proof that anyone representing Ferrell offered Greene any deals.

Would Ferrell have authorized such an offer? I don’t believe so.

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“What we’re doing is trying to get the process started.”

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The affected property owners include: YRV, LLC, where there is currently a strip mall; Twin Shin Corporation, which owns five properties that Federal Way Auto Sales operates on; Public Storage Prop VI, Inc., which operates a public storage facility; Kubra Property, LLC, the land where Chevron sits; Dhan, LLC, the Day’s Inn property; 35450 Pacific Highway South, LLC, used tire sales; Grahen, LLC, used tire sales; R&G Property Holdings, LLC, land for a vehicle shipyard; Lori A Nichols, LLC, land where Northwest Wellness is; Hyoung Soo Kim, who owns a vacant lot; E. Curtis and Elizabeth A. Nelson; and Chong Nam Yi and Jung H. Roe, who also

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he Federal Way City Council unanimously passed a condemnation ordinance for properties along Pacific Highway South at a council meeting on July 7.

The land is needed to complete the last phase, Phase V, of the Pacific Highway South improvement project, which will widen the highway with high-occupancy vehicle lanes (making it six lanes). Turn lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lights and utility poles will also be added. The construction will take place from South 340th Street to South 359th Street and will begin in the summer of 2016.

The improvements are a part of the city’s six year Transportation Improvement Program. But before they can start construction, they have to get the land.

“It takes time for us to be able to go through the court

own a vacant lot.

While in some cases the city will only be taking as little as 2-to-3 feet of property, the average take will be about 12 feet, with the most being 20 feet out from the highway. Salloum said the city will take a full property, which is vacant, to construct a surface water detention and water quality pond. This will be located near South 344th Street off of the highway.

The cost of the lots range from as low as $2,000 to as high as $512,150. The total cost, based on the city’s appraisal, is $1.1 million.

Salloum said Twin Shin Corporation, who owns five land parcels, has agreed to sell the land but there’s so much encumbrance and a lean on the properties it will be difficult to determine who gets the money. Salloum said they will enter into a “friendly condemnation.”

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However, Salloum would not disclose who those negotiations are with.

For the properties the city anticipates to condemn, Salloum said it comes down to owners asking for a lot more money without justification.

According to the condemnation ordinance, the city will get the money to pay for all condemnation proceedings through the general fund or available grants.

“Failure to construct such right-of-way improvements will cause traffic counts to continue to exceed capacity within the corridor of State Route 99 between South 340th Street and South 359th Street, create the potential for additional traffic accidents and inhibit economic development with the city and the Commercial Enterprise Zone,” the ordinance, council bill No. 682, states.

An average of more than 30,000 vehicles a day use Pacific Highway South, and the city states it’s currently over capacity.

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With $5 million in state grant funding anticipated, the city has $2.6 million on top of the $7 million in federal grants. Other funds come from $5.2 million in budgeted city funds, $1.2 million in surface water funds, $1.3 million from the Lakehaven Utility District, $132,000 from Century Link, $90,000 from Com-

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The reporting party advised that it sounded as if the gunshots came from the Interstate 5 overpass on Enchanted Parkway South. Police conducted an extensive area search, but did not locate any victims nor shell casings. This report was generated for informational purposes only and the case was closed.

Suspect shatters bedroom window while man sleeps: At 3:39 p.m. on July 12 in the 29000 block of 30th Ave. S., a homeowner reported via phone that an unknown suspect threw a rock at his bedroom window, breaking the outer pane of his home’s window. He stated this occurred sometime overnight while he was sleeping. He heard a loud sound around 7 a.m. or 8 a.m. but thought nothing of it. Damages cost approximately $3,000. There were no suspects or witnesses.

Wife finds husband deceased: At 9:31 a.m. on July 12 in the 1400 block of S. 303rd St., a woman went to check on her husband who sleeps in a separate room and found him deceased. Upon police arrival, the medical examiner was notified but declined to respond. There were no suspicious circumstances and the death appeared to be of natural causes.

Woman says mother shattered windshield: At 1:37 p.m. on July 11 in the 2400 block of S. Star Lake Road, the victim reported that his work vehicle was damaged by an unknown suspect. He said he parked and secured his vehicle in his apartment complex parking stall at about 5 p.m. He returned to the vehicle on July 12 at noon and noticed the rear windshield was shattered. He did not notice anything missing from within his vehicle. The victim’s wife believes her mother is responsible for the

damage, however, police were unable to substantiate her suspicions.

Man threatens woman with hammer: At 5:33 p.m. on July 12 in the 2500 block of S. 286th Place, the suspect grabbed the victim by her hair and threatened to hit her with a hammer. After smashing three TVs with the hammer, which belonged to a second victim who was not on scene at the time, the suspect then smashed the windows to the second victim’s unattended vehicle and fled the location. The suspect’s location is unknown. There were no injuries and no domestic relationship between the victim and suspect.

Father says daughter’s ex tried to kill her with heroin: At 4:58 p.m. on July 12 in the 2400 block of S. 315th Lane, a man called police to report his girlfriend had overdosed on heroin at the Woodside Apartments. The boyfriend was not at the location, but had received a call from his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, who was with his girlfriend. Officers spoke with the female, who said she accidentally took too much heroin.

She was later transported to St. Francis Hospital. Her ex-boyfriend said he was not in the room during her drug use or overdose. The exboyfriend also appeared under the influence of unknown narcotics, but he denied using drugs and refused medical treatment. The girlfriend’s father arrived on scene and took his daughter’s 2-year-old son. The father told police he thinks his daughter’s ex-boyfriend intentionally gave too much heroin to her in an attempt to kill her. After police spoke with all parties, there was no evidence of a crime. The woman’s father asked police how to get custody of the child.

Police advised him about protection orders and custody issues.

Man throws cooler off balcony: At 7:12 p.m. on July 12 in the 28000 block of 18th Ave. S., a neighbor reported an argument between a man and his girlfriend. During the argument, the boyfriend threw a plastic cooler, which fell off the third floor balcony and landed on the neighbor’s car. Police determined there was no criminal intent in throwing the cooler and the resulting damage would be handled as a civil matter.

Suspect pours ice cream on victim’s vehicle: At 2 a.m. on July 11 in the 300th block of S. 320th St., the reporting party said an

unknown suspect poured ice cream and placed other food items on his or her vehicle overnight on at least seven occasions in the past two weeks. The food is often placed on the vehicle’s mirrors and windshield, rendering the vehicle non-drivable until the obstructions are removed.

Additionally, the suspect has thrown strawberries onto the victim’s back balcony glass sliding door. The victim does not know who is doing this or what their motive is.

Restaurant staff pulls knife on dissatisfied diner: At 1:46 p.m. on July 11 in the 29000 block of Pacific Highway S., a man called 911 to report a man with a gun threatened him near a Thai restaurant. A minute later, he told 911 dispatch the gun was actually a knife and a man with a knife threatened him. He said the suspect contacted him outside the restaurant near his truck and he said he had dined at the restaurant.

He was unhappy with the service, the food and was mad he could not understand the staff.

After tasting the food, he left without paying. The male inside the restaurant followed the diner to his vehicle and held a folding knife in his hand, however, the blade was not folded out, he said. He did not make any threatening remarks. Police detained the man with the knife, who told police the diner had just committed a “dine and dash.”The diner became uncooperative with questioning.

Man threatens to kill woman’s plants: At 3:41 p.m. on July 11 in the 4000 block of SW 313th St., a woman called 911 to report a dispute with her neighbor over a removed tree. The dispute was initially over who owned the tree.

Over several months, the dispute was resolved. However, on July 11, the woman believes her neighbor threatened to kill her plants as retaliation over the disputed tree removal.

The neighbor refused to identify himself when police asked and he denied making threats. Both neighbors were advised they could contact civil court and obtain protection orders. No crime occurred.

Stalker installs GPS tracker on woman’s vehicle: At 2:54 p.m. on July 10 in the 1000 block of SW Campus Drive, a woman reported that her ex-boyfriend was stalking her. She said she became aware that

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Anthony Murrietta Age: 50 Schooling: I attended Cerritos Community College and San Mateo Community College while completing an articulation agreement to the University of California, Berkeley. I did not graduate or complete my studies.

How long have you lived

in Federal Way: I have been a resident of Federal Way since February of 2008. Prior to that, I lived in Federal Way from the tail end of 1991-1992.

Family members: I am engaged to be married to Susan Brock. I have four wonderful adult children, three of which are

…POLITICAL SEASON married. Cyrena is married to Andrew. Jessica is married to Jason. Ian is married to Lauren and Maggie, the youngest, is single.

Hobbies: I golf, do woodwork, garden and both Susan and I enjoy photography.

How long in office: I have not served elected office for the city yet. I have been

elected to the Teamsters Union, both at Locals 174 and 763. As an officer, I perform duties similar to that of a council member. We operate under parliamentary procedure and serve as part of the legislative branch to our organization.

Relevant commissions/offices held: I am serving Federal Way on the Parks Commission and the

Planning Commission.

What are the top 3 items you want the constituents of Federal Way to know about you? The three things I want people to know about me are: I will work diligently to serve the citizens of Federal Way. I am honest and answer all questions truthfully. I don’t always have answers to questions, but when I don’t, I find out the answer [ more MURRIETTA page 19 ]

Choosing the right candidate for City Council Position 1…

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VOTE BY AUGUST 4TH! [ MURRIETTA from page 18]

and respond to the person asking within the timeline I promised to get back to him/ her.

I am not a career politician. I am running for City Council to take advantage of all of the knowledge I have accumulated over the years representing public employees and to take advantage of the professional connections I have made with other municipalities throughout the Puget Sound region.

Federal Way has so much to offer. We have beautiful parks, a world-class diving

and swim center, camping, trails and miles of pristine waterfront. We are situated on Interstate 5 between the Ports of Tacoma and Seattle with easy access to SeaTac Airport. Federal Way is a prime location to do business, whether it is distribution, manufacturing, health care or intellectual property. Let’s show the world why they should be operating the Federal Way! Thank you for the opportunity to advocate for you.

Contact: Email ajforfederalway@gmail. com or call 206-579-4134

1. FIX TRAFFIC – The use of technology to control traffic flow is not a new idea, yet the City has cut from the budget the funding to improve traffic through the use of signal technology three times. I will prioritize fixing traffic.

2. CREATE LIVING WAGE JOBS –

I have been working with City leaders pushing for Community Workforce Agreements on Publicly funded projects. Our children and unemployed deserve to benefit from jobs produced by projects funded through the use of our tax dollars.

3. CREATE EFFICIENCY –

The City’s operations should be a cost effective, well run organization. I will push for analyzing projects, eliminating cost overruns and advocating for best practices.

I am asking you for your vote on August 4th and again on November 3rd, 2015 to help make Federal Way a better place to live, do business and work.

Paid for by: AJ for Federal Way, 31811 Pacific Hwy S, #B312 Federal Way, WA, 98003 ajforfederalway@gmail.com

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Carol Gregory Age: 71 Schooling: University of Washington, Education How long have you lived in Federal Way: 30 years Family members: Husband Gil Gregory, daughter Julia Capone, grandchil-

dren Lauren, Jordan and Nathan.

Hobbies: Reading, gardening and cooking How long in office: Six months Relevant commissions/ offices held: Federal Way Public Schools director and

…POLITICAL SEASON in the Legislature I serve on the Education, Higher Education and State Government Committees.

What are the top 3 items you want the constituents of Federal Way to know about you? I want to make sure that kids have the same education opportunities I had to lift themselves up, no matter what their circumstances,

to lead a happy, successful life. That starts with excellent public schools.

I want to make sure our tax system is more fair and that big corporations and Wall Street banks pay their share.

People describe me as no nonsense and no frills and that’s perfectly fine.

Contact: Call Carol Gregory at 206-450-0178

electcarolgregory.org We were all saddened last year by the passing of About Carol State Representative Roger Freeman. He served • An accomplished executive, Carol directed a nonprofit, Burst for Prosperity, helping small honorably and was known for working across businesses succeed and promoting job training and family wage jobs. party lines to focus on our issues here at home.

I’ll work every day to honor Roger’s legacy of commitment to public service and getting results for our communities.

I ask for your support.

Paid for by Friends of Carol Gregory, PO Box 3438 • Federal Way, WA 98063.

• Previous Director, Small Business Improvement Council for Governor Booth Gardner.

• Cabinet member for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

• King County Workforce Development Council.

• Founder, Board Member, and Chair, Seattle-King County City Year.

• Director, Highline School District Community Engagement.

Carol

• Federal Way School Board member (2013-2015).

• Former school teacher.

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Lydia Assefa-Dawson

Age: 54 Schooling: Masters in Organizational Management How long have you lived in Federal Way: Five-plus years Family members: Christian Dawson, Caleb Dawson and Joshua Dawson Hobbies: Reading, volunteering and socializing with friends How long in office: City Council 16 months Relevant commissions/offices held: Land Use Transpor-

tation Committee of the council; Advancing Leadership, board member; city Human Services Commission; Ethiopian Community Center, planning committee; State Advisory Committee on Homelessness; Committee to End Homelessness Governing Board (former); Federal Way Public Schools Parent Engagement and Key Communicators Team member What are the top 3 items you want the constituents of Federal Way to know about you?

Faith and family: My faith and my children are very important to me, and what keep me grounded.

Challenges as opportunities: I like challenges because they offer me the opportunity to look for solutions. As a

person who has had to deal with adversities all my life, I have learned to accept them and work toward a better outcome or find a way to solve the problem.

Leadership and service: I have had numerous leadership and volunteer opportunities in various capacities, and I have risen to the occasion. I find that people have a lot to offer, so I appreciate the interaction with people. It creates a learning environment and an opportunity to meet people’s needs, which I thrive in. I am hard working, insightful, caring, dependable, collaborative and effective.

Contact: P.O. Box 6258, Federal Way, WA 9806; 253-3203168; www.keeplydia.com

LYDIA ASSEFA-DAWSON FOR CITY COUNCIL, POS. 1 • Support our low & moderateincome residents to have better access to opportunities • Foster a safe and inclusive environment for our diverse community • Create dynamic educational and training partnerships • Help our young people become engaged in the community, to lead Federal Way into a promising future

Paid for by Keep Lydia, PO Box 6258, Federal Way, WA 98063

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Teri Hickel Age: 55 Education: Washington State University, Bachelor of Science, Education How long have you lived in Federal Way: 26 years Family members: My family includes a wonderful husband and partner Tim Hickel, who is a local small business owner and former 30th District state representative. We

…POLITICAL SEASON have two daughters, Morgan and Mackenzie, who graduated from Federal Way schools, college and are now successfully launching their careers.

Hobbies: My hobbies include hiking, biking, traveling and spending weekends with family. In general, I find it extremely rewarding to be engaged in my community. I love creating a positive change that improves our quality of life.

How long in office: I am a first-time candidate, but a 20 year volunteer and 15 year

business leader in Federal Way. Relevant commissions/ offices held: I have served as executive director of Advancing Leadership, interim CEO of the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce, executive director of the Education Foundation (currently known as Communities in Schools). I have also served on the board of Citizens for Federal Way Schools and the Federal Way Community Gardens Foundation.

What are the top 3 items you want the constituents of Federal Way to know about you? I am dedicated to job growth, reaffirming a stable education for kids and traffic congestion relief. I believe they are interconnected and I want to make sure they are all cared for with a balanced approach. I know my community very well, and believe my relationship with citizens and community leaders will help me be an effective state representative for the 30th District.

Contact: teri.h@comcast.net; 253-2614643

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MASTER LAND USE APPLICATION AND NOTICE OF OPTIONAL DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Project Name: Barcelo Homes (S 39th Avenue) Short Plat Project Description: Applicant proposes to subdivide one existing single-family residential lot into six single-family residential lots. Associated site improvements are included. A Shoreline Substantial Development Permit has been submitted as a portion of the subject property is located along the North Lake shoreline regulated under the Shoreline Master Program. The site also contains Category I and III wetlands and a Major Stream and Environmental Review is required as identified in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 197-11-800(6)(d).

Project Location: S 39th Avenue (South of S 325th Pl) Parcel #152104-9022 Applicant: Barcelo Homes, PO Box 1733, Auburn WA 98071 Agent: Landon Beyler, Beyler Consulting, LLC, 7602 Bridgeport Way W, Ste 3D, Lakewood, WA 98499 Date Application Received: June 29, 2015 Date Determined Complete: June 29, 2015 Date of Notice of Application: July 17, 2015 Comment Due Date: August 3, 2015 Environmental Review: Based upon review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the City, it is likely that the City of Federal Way will determine that the project will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment and expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for this project. The optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355 is being used. This may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed project. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an environmental impact statement (EIS) is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request.

Agencies, tribes, and the public are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed project and its probable environmental impacts. Comments must be submitted by the date noted above.

Permits Required by This Application: Short Subdivision (File #15-103141-SU), Concurrency (File #15-103147-CN), State Environmental Policy Act Threshold Determination (File #15-103143-SE), and Shoreline Substantial Development Permit (File #15-103144-SH) Existing Environmental Documents: Preliminary Technical Information Report, Wetland & Stream Delineation with Standard Buffer Width Determination, and Environmental Checklist. Relevant Environmental Documents Are Available at the Address Below.

Development Regulations to Be Used for Project Review Known at this Time: Federal Way Revised Code Title 14, ‘Environmental Policy;’ Title 15 ‘Shoreline Management,’ Title 16 ‘Surface Water Management;’ Title 18 ‘Subdivisions;’ and Title 19 ‘Zoning and Development Code.’

Public Comment & Appeals: Any person may submit written comments regarding the land use application or the environmental impacts of the proposal to the Director of Community Development by 5:00 p.m. on August 3, 2015. Only persons who submit written comments to the Director (address below) or specifically request a copy of the decision, may appeal the decision. However, any interested party may appeal the environmental threshold determination.

Issuance of Final Environmental Determination: The final DNS may be issued without a second comment period, unless timely comments identify probable significant adverse impacts that were not considered by the Notice of Optional DNS. A copy of the DNS may be obtained upon request.

Availability of File: The official project file, existing environmental documents, and required studies are available for public review at the Department of Community Development, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003.

Staff Contact: Becky Chapin, Associate Planner, 253-835-2641, becky.chapin@cityoffederalway.com Published in the Federal Way Mirror on July 17, 2015 FWM 2256

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‘Federal Way Sex Lady’s Guide to Discussing Caitlyn Jenner’ M Amy Johnson

3. One word for people like Caitlyn is “transgender” or “trans.” Other people use other words. Language is personal and cultural and it changes. If you want to know how someone identifies, ask them.

4. People who are transgender sometimes will not do anything to change their appearance. Some people will dress like a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. Some will take medication, like hormones, to make changes in how they look and feel.

Some will have surgery.

Some will not. Whatever this person does or doesn’t do is not about you. It’s about them.

5. You might not understand, but that doesn’t mean

you get to be hateful or mean or rude. Be kind. Treat people with respect. Period.

I think the most useful thing I’ve heard in reference to people’s reactions to Caitlyn Jenner is from Sam Lamott, who (in response to his mom, author Anne Lamott’s unintentionally insensitive comments) tweeted, “… Remember that before you knew about trans issues, you didn’t know.”

Want to know more?

Check out these resources: Gender Diversity: Puget Sound area organization that works to increase awareness and understanding of gender variations in children, adolescents and adults. Provides a conference every year in Seattle for professionals, individuals

and families called Gender Odyssey. Visit www.genderdiversity.org/about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 101: Information about language, terms and meanings.

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Visit www.uua.org/lgbtq/ identity Gender Spectrum: Another organization that provides information, training and online support communities for people and parents regarding gender expansiveness. Visit www. genderspectrum.org Transgender Child Support Groups: Find one here: Click on WA State to find resources. Visit www.transgenderchild.net/resources/ support-groups/

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Few people would argue against the benefits of breast milk and more than 90 percent of new moms in Washington state initiate breastfeeding immediately after delivery. However, by three months only 46 percent are exclusively breastfeeding their infant.

These figures tell me that instead of requiring more “breast is best” education about the benefits of breastfeeding, new moms need more support to continue breastfeeding after being discharged from the hospital.

Practical knowledge can

come from breastfeeding classes offered at local hospitals, trusted websites and peer support can come from family, friends and organizations such as La Leche League of Washington. An experienced pediatrician can offer basic breastfeeding skills, individualized counseling and make sure there are no medical issues interfering with the process. A lactation consultant or doula can also help monitor post-natal infant feeding, [ more HEALTHY, page 31 ]

Federal Way resident Amy Johnson is a trainer, educator and coach in the Pacific Northwest. She is co-author of the books “Parenting by Strengths: A Parent’s Guide for Challenging Situations” and “Homegrown Faith and Justice.” Amy facilitates classes and workshops in the Puget Sound area and online. She specializes in working with parents and in sexuality education.

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BASICS OF Online BREASTFEEDING resources For more information on breastfeeding, visit these websites: La Leche League of Washington (www.lllofwa.org) Washington State Department of Health (www.doh.wa.gov/ YouandYourFamily/WIC/BreastfeedingSupport) The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (www.bfmed.org) Evidence-based information on breastfeeding (www.kellymom. com) American Academy of Pediatrics (www2.aap.org/breastfeeding) American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (www.acog.org)

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risk for allergies, asthma, diabetes and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Recovery after childbirth may be quicker for a mom who breastfeeds and her risk of obesity, diabetes, ovarian or breast cancer can be reduced.

Economics: Not only are direct costs lower with breastfeeding (formula can cost up to $3,000 for the first year), but there are indirect savings because breastfed infants require fewer sick visits, prescriptions and hospitalizations.

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taught me that “breast is best,” but my entrance into motherhood taught me that “good moms feed their babies.”

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As a soon-to-be pediatrician, I went into motherhood knowing the benefits of breastfeeding and was dedicated to nursing my newborn son.

Breastfeeding, after all, is a very natural process.

Babies are born with a sucking reflex. The hormone changes after birth make a woman lactate. Breastfeeding would be automatic, or so I thought. Boy, oh boy, was I wrong.

It took a sleepy infant who was losing weight and had dry diapers to teach me that a sucking reflex doesn’t equal a good latch and hormones don’t guarantee a good supply of breast milk.

With stubborn persistence and the help of a wonderful pediatrician and lactation consultant, I gradually gained the skill and confidence I needed to breastfeed. Although my son required formula supplementation, I’m proud that I provided him with as much breast milk as I could during his first year.

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Here’s your “Federal Way Sex Lady’s Guide to Discussing Caitlyn Jenner.”

1. She’s a she. Use female pronouns when discussing Caitlyn. Her brain and her identity are female.

2. Most people have body parts, brains and identities that match up. That is to say, most people who have male body parts understand themselves to be guys. Most people who have female body parts understand themselves to be women.

Occasionally, the body parts and deep inner understanding of gender don’t match up. That’s what happened to Caitlyn.

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any people in my generation grew up admiring Bruce Jenner as an accomplished and medal-winning Olympian. Understandably, some folks in this demographic are having a tough time embracing Caitlyn.

Some of these folks have kids or grandkids or students or youth they work with who might be asking questions about this situation, since it’s all over the news, Internet, grocery store magazine covers and television. And some of these wonderful people may have no idea what to say about Caitlyn Jenner when the topic is raised. So.

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Community CALENDAR July 17-19

“There’s a Monster in My Closet!”: Rosebud Children’s Theatre Conservatory presents its sixth annual youth musical at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 19 at the Federal Way United Methodist Church, located at 29645 51st Ave. S., Auburn. For more information, contact Holly Rose at 206-8542638 or visit www.rosebudctc.org

July 18

Family Safety Day at the Farmer’s Market: Join the community for Family Safety Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18 at the Federal Way Farmer’s Market, located at 1701 S. 320th.

Activities will include free helmet fitting for kids, K9 demo, CPR classes, emergency preparedness booth, crime prevention materials and Child ID kits. For more information, contact Michelle Roy at 253-835-6706 or email Michelle.

Roy@cityoffederalway.com

July 19

Free Pass to the King County Fair: Kids under the age 18 can get into the 153rd annual King County Fair for free with a King County library card when accompanied by an adult from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 19 at the Enumclaw Expo Center, located at 45224 284th Ave. SE, Enumclaw.

All shows, concerts and exhibits are included with admission. Ride tickets and wrist bands are sold separately. For more information, visit cityofenumclaw.net/447/ King-County-Fair Block Party! Brick Building: Build, create and share your creations with plastic bricks at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 19 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Family program, all ages welcome with an adult. For more information, call 253-838-3668.

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July 20

Heros of History- Knights in Shining Armor: The Knights of Veritas will offer a free presentation with authentic recreations of weapons and artifacts from the Middle Ages at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 20 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Family program, ages 5 and older welcome with an adult.

Free tickets available 30 minutes before presentation time at the information desk on the day of the program. For more information, call 253-838-3668.

July 23

ORCA LIFT’s Reduced Fares: Drop in to register for ORCA LIFT reduced fare program for Metro buses, Sound Tranist Link light rail and more at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23 at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. To check qualification, visit www. orcalift.com or call Multi-Service Center at 253-838-6810. Bring ID and income verification documents to sign up.

July 23-25

Fundraiser Yard Sale for Federal Way Senior Center: Federal Way Senior Center will host its second annual fundraising yard sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25 at 28824 21st Ave S. For more information, contact Char at ccfw@msn.com or call 253-941-0826.

July 24-26

Twin Lakes Community Garage Sale: The Twin Lakes Homeowners Association will host an annual garage sale starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 24, Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26 in the Twin Lakes Neighborhood. For more information, email twinlakescommunityrelations@ gmail.com

July 24-25

PowellsWood Storytelling Festival: This annual two-day festival of storytelling will be

A family rides a stationary bicycle during the Federal Way Farmer’s Market during the annual Family Safety Day in years past. This year’s event is set for July 18. Contributed photo held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25 at PowellsWood: A Northwest Garden, located at 430 S. Dash Point Road. Admission is $5-20.

Complete schedule is available at PowellsWoodFestival.org. For more information, contact Kristine Dillinger at admin@powelswood. org or call 253-529-1620.

Ongoing

Marine Life Matters- Differently-Abled Artists Painting the Unheard Voices of Marine Life: The Highline College Marine Science and Technology (MaST) Center will display artwork created by artists with disabilities that highlight the damaging impact of litter and pollution in our world’s waters. Exhibit will be on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays through Aug. 29. For more information, contact Kaddee Lawrence at 206-592-3057 or email klawrence@highline.edu Yard Sale Donations: The Federal Way Senior Center is looking for lightly used or new items to sell at a yard sale fundraiser. These items include: hand, power or garden tools, kitchen items, small appliances, toys, small furniture, house decor, art, office items and supplies, bicycles. The center asks no one donates clothes, books or holiday decorations. All proceeds from the yard sale will help the

nonprofit. The yard sale will be located at 28824 21st Ave. S. in Federal Way, a local residence. To donate or to help, call 253-9410826 or email ccfw@msn.com.

Book Donations: The Friends of Federal Way Libraries is collecting used books, magazines and DVDs in new or like-new condition to support library programming.

Donations are tax deductible. Ask library staff for details.

Higher Taste Blueberry Farm: The farm is open from 10 a.m. until dusk, seven days a week until early to mid-September. Hours may vary and its exact closure is based on the blueberry season.

The farm is located at 30431 38th Ave. S. in Auburn on Lake Dolloff.

For more information, call Mary at 206-579-0214.

Summer Concert Series: Enjoy a series of free concerts from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday nights in July and August, at Steel Lake Park, located at 2410 S. 312th St. For more information call 253-209-2422 or event.assistant@cityoffederalway. com or visit www.itallhappenshere.org.

South King County GlutenFree Support Group: These free meetings are held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the third Monday of the month at Marlene’s Market and Deli, 2565 S. Gateway Center Place. Speakers include respected dietitians, naturopaths, restaurant owners and more. Contact

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Preparing for U.S. Citizenship: Highline College will be offering a free course for community members who are preparing to take the U.S. Citizenship Test from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays through August 29. For more information, contact Joy Smucker at jsmucker@ highline.edu or call 206-592-3856.

Citizenship Classes: Learn how to become a United States Citizen at 6:30 p.m. on Monday evenings at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. Study for the interview and exam, and practice reading, writing, listening and speaking English in a friendly environment. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-839-3668.

Family Story Time: Family story and song program for all ages at 7:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the Federal Way Library, located at 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253-838-3668.

Study Zone: Drop-in during scheduled hours for free homework help from volunteer tutors at the Federal Way Library, 34200 First Way S. For more information, visit www.kcls.org or call 253838-3668.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars: VFW Post 2886 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St. For more information, contact Tom Leonard at thomasc29@msn.com or call 253-927-1615.

Kiwanis Club: The Kiwanis Club of Greater Federal Way meets for breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. every Tuesday at Denny’s Restaurant on 320th. For more information or to inquire about membership dues, contact Marie Sciacqua at sciacqua05@gmail.com or 253941-7060 or visit www.greaterfederalwaykiwanis.org Lions Club: The Federal Way Lions Club meets at noon the first and third Tuesday of each month at Denny’s Restaurant on 320th.

For more information contact Bob Darrigan at 253-874-4282.

Twin Lakes Toastmasters Club: Club meets from 6:30 to 7:55 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club. For more information, contact Don Everly Smith at TwinLakesToastmasters@gmail.com or

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Our popular Senior Summer Camp continues as we hop aboard the VG Express and head out to explore area beaches including Dash Point Park, Belfair State Park and Owens Beach. Fun times with friends old and new are in store each day, along with tasty lunches, music and entertainment right on campus!

While at camp, be sure to check out our beautiful apartments, homes and assisted living suites and the benefits of a safe and worry-free senior lifestyle.

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Town Criers Toastmasters Club: Polish your public speaking and leadership skills at this weekly meeting, which runs 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Thursdays at Panera Bread restaurant, 2107 S. 320th St. Contact toastmaster2577@gmail.com or call 253-735-5749.

The St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary: Group meets at 6:30 p.m. with meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in the Medical Office Building, located next to St. Francis Hospital. Call Andrea at 253- 944-7960.

Crazy Quilters of Federal Way: Group meets second and fourth Thursdays, starting with gathering at 7:15 p.m., at Avalon Care Center, located at 135 S. 336th St., Federal Way. For more information, all 253-927-1260.

Volunteer

Historical Society of Federal Way: Volunteer opportunities include collections care, greeting public at public events, docents for historic Denny and Barker cabins, computer work, building maintenance and phone calling. For more information, contact Diana NobleGulliford at diana@gulliford.com or call 206-412-5545.

Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking Opportunities: Local nonprofit is seeking volunteers for various positions including website manager, funding coordinator, event coordinator and graphic design coordinator.

Email info@fwcat.org for more information.

Volunteer Chore Services: This Catholic Community Service program is committed to providing in-home chore assistance to elders and adults with disabilities, helping them to remain in their own home for as long as safely possible. Volunteers provide assistance with the following tasks: transportation, shopping, housework, laundry, minor home repair, communications (phone buddy) and yard work. To learn more about this rewarding opportunity, contact Tiffany Perri at TiffanyP@ ccsww.org or 253-850-2525.

Drivers needed: Volunteer drivers are needed to transport elderly residents in King County. Contact: 206-326-2800 or resource.l@ghc. org.

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Federal Way man sentenced to 13 years for 7-Eleven robberies Federal Way, Des Moines, SeaTac, Tacoma and Spanaway. Eight of the 10 robberies he was convicted of took place at 7-Eleven stores.

Federal Way police arrested Falaniko on Dec. 24, 2014 after a witness reported a robbery at the Stop In Grocery, located at 33320 Pacific Highway S. The man said the suspect approached the counter and “pistol whipped” him with a black semi-automatic handgun.

He stole $200 from the cash register, ran from the

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Federal Way man was recently sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison after being found guilty of 10 counts of first-degree robbery.

Valoaga Frankie Falaniko pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Jan. 12, but changed his plea to guilty on June 9.

Falaniko went on a spree of robberies throughout

store and got into a silver 2002 Ford Explorer. But the witness ran after him and saw him turn into the Pinewood Village Apartments in Federal Way. He called police and described him as being in his 20s with a partially covered face and wearing a white hoodie.

Officers found the truck in the parking lot and found it was registered to Falaniko and another woman. During this time, a detective identified Falaniko and he was arrested shortly after.

After a K9 search, officers found a jacket, backpack and gloves that matched clothing the suspect was wearing during the robbery.

The jacket also contained Falaniko’s identification. In an interview with his landlords, police found he would often complain of not having any money but was able to provide them with hundreds of dollars on many occasions.

He’s suspected of committing robberies at eight other locations, but he was not charged in those cases.

Federal Way resident Valoaga Frankie Falaniko robbed nearly 20 stores throughout King and Pierce counties. This video footage shows him on Dec. 14, 2014 when he robbed a Federal Way 7-Eleven store.

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Case dismissed against caregiver of quadriplegic charged with indecent exposure after the reporting eyewitness — the man’s fiancée — married the defendant and recanted her testimony since the case was filed.

Satterberg also noted that the 28-year-old victim was physically unable to testify.

Anthony Kenneth Martin, 51, was charged with one count of indecent exposure in July 2014, after his then-fiancée and her daughter called police about the alleged crime.

BY CARRIE RODRIGUEZ editor@fedwaymirror.com

A King County Superior Court judge recently dismissed the case against a Federal Way man whose fiancée claimed she caught him allegedly masturbating over a quadriplegic woman he cared for last July.

Daniel T. Satterberg, King County prosecuting attorney, ordered the court to dismiss the case without prejudice on June 16

His then-fiancée reported she returned to the man’s home after eating dinner and she walked in on him allegedly standing over the partially naked victim, masturbating, according to the police report.

He was the woman’s main caregiver, who is quadriplegic and “mentally understands conversations as a child would,” the report continues.

Martin looked at his

then-fiancée in surprise and told her he had been in the bathroom and thought he heard the victim fall, the report states. He allegedly zipped up his pants and walked outside, which his fiancée told police was a strange thing to do if he had indeed ran from the bathroom.

His then-fiancée told police she “wasn’t going to let it happen again where she acted ignorant and did

nothing while [the victim] was abused.”

According to court documents, she also called 911 about another incident when she claimed she observed Martin positioned behind the disabled victim with her buttocks by his groin area. However, she retracted her statement after Martin allegedly told her she would go to jail too if she told police anything.

The woman told police

she was terrified of her then-fiancé and of the possibility of going to jail so she complied.

Because the woman lived with the suspect, Martin received $5,000 a month from the state to care for her, as well as supplemental security income because of her brain damage.

Martin is a former King County Metro Access bus driver, a bus system that drives around the disabled.

Watch your mailbox for primary election ballots FROM STAFF REPORTS

King County Elections mailed ballots on July 15 for the Aug. 4 primary election. Voters’ pamphlets are mailed separately and may arrive on a different day than ballots.

Voters may also check MyVoterGuide online for a customized voters’ pamphlet.

There are a total of 165 candidates and 45 offices on the ballot, with 27 jurisdictions participating in the primary.

There are five measures on the ballot from three jurisdictions. King County Elections has forecast a turnout of 30 percent for this election.

Voters should read and follow directions on their ballots, sign the return envelope and get ballots back before the Aug. 4 election day deadline. Mailed ballots need a first-class stamp; postage is now 49 cents. Voters also have 24 locations to return ballots without a stamp by 8 p.m. on Aug. 4, including permanent drop box locations, scheduled ballot drop-off vans and Accessible Voting Centers.

Citizens not yet registered to vote in Washington state have until 4:30 p.m. on July 27 to register in person at King County Elections offices to vote in the primary election.

King County Elections headquarters is located at 919 SW Grady Way, Renton. Voters who don’t receive a ballot by July 20 should call King County Elections at 206-296VOTE (8683).

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The top scorers in each grade include: • Sixth grade: Yacine Bennour, first place.

• Fifth grade: Hailey Lawless, first place; Joey Wojciechowski, second; and Dmitry Kolyada and Brady Payne tied for third.

• Fourth grade: Caleb Hyun, first; Ankit Gowda,

second; and Esther Johnson, third.

• Third grade: Tanner Northcutt, first; Ikram Bennour, second; and Spender Northcutt, third.

• Second grade: Vaugn Schweikl, first.

• First grade: Andrew Hyun, first.

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“Federal Way has a long history of being innovative, we know that,” Campbell said. “However, when you look at our student data over the last two or three years, the shape of that data does not look like a district that has been as innovative.”

Principals want to maintain that innovative reputation and during her 100 days, Campbell will work to identify the “root causes” of why that data doesn’t match with innovative efforts.

Campbell has met with the community through forums, with one in particular at a church that had 60 people.

Some of the concerns she’s heard from families center on more access to choice programs, such as the Federal Way Public Academy, better communication with parents so that more could participate in their child’s educational life and the need for schools to be better equipped.

There will be several com-

munity forums through the next months until her plan is complete in December, Campbell said.

In building off of what works, Campbell assures she’s not the type of leader who will come in and “clean house.” But she does want to establish systems that will make it so things runs smoothly even if changes occur, such as change in leadership at the district or board level.

Since spring 2014, the school district has had one interim superintendent, two superintendents and three school board presidents.

“One of the most important things you can do in a time of change like that is have systems in place that are not people dependent,” Campbell said. “And that’s something that I think Federal Way will benefit from.”

Campbell said developing teams and structures is what will make a district successful.

“I will never be able to single-handedly turn Federal Way around,” she said. “I can do that if I mobilize teams, if I can really promote a vision and if I hold folks accountable for that but teams have to do that work.”

During her first 100 days, Campbell said the biggest challenge with her plan will be the scale and size of a 22,000 student district.

“You want to bring it down so that you build relationships and get to know context and this is why you see me taking a school-byschool strategy,” she said.

“Bring it down to size, bring it down in terms of its scale.”

After Campbell has done as much listening, learning and leading as she can in these next months, she will present what she’s learned to a transition team in December. However, she will not talk about goals — that will be discussed during the strategic planning process, which the district hopes to launch this winter.

The mother-of-two has been passionate about teaching and education since she had an epiphany while teaching her daughter 161 (now 22) to read in the kitchen.

Most of her life, Campbell

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The Nautilus K-8 PTSA covered the costs for the tournament, including all the trophies to make this event possible. Twenty-two kids participated from Nautilus, Olympic View, Green Gables, Sunnycrest, Valhalla, Mirror Lake, Silver Lake and Star Lake elementary

said she was expected to be a doctor because she graduated as valedictorian at her high school in a small town in Louisiana and earned a full ride scholarship to Southern University at New Orleans.

“I grew up in Louisiana and the job market really wasn’t friendly there for some of the people who lived in town and my mom always pressed us, you know, when we were younger, to be good students and to get a good education because many people who looked like me weren’t able to get out of town,” she said. “So I just took studying and ready books very seriously.”

Campbell recalls working at a library with the goal of reading every book in it during her adolescence.

But she cut her pursuit of the medical field and didn’t complete her degree at Southern University.

Instead, she and her husband moved to North Dakota and she had her children. But as soon as she had that life-changing realization that she wanted to teach kids, Campbell said the rest was history.

She enrolled in Minot State University and got her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and became a teacher. Her first year there, she was nominated as teacher of the year in math.

Campbell went on to earn her doctorate degree and became a principal.

“After the principalship, I was recruited to come to Spokane Public Schools where I supervised at their elementary schools,” she said. “And I did that for 17 schools. I learned a lot during that time.”

While she initially missed being around students, she went on to do that work for five years, with two years in charge of curriculum and instruction.

She also held positions at the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership, Washington State University, Spokane Public Schools and Central Valley School District, and was the Assistant Superintendent of Learning and Teaching at the Renton

School District prior to coming to Federal Way. “Over that period of time, I’ll tell you what I’m proud about is the work we did around standards-based grading reporting,” Campbell said. “I know Federal Way’s had its challenges but we did it too and we did it really with very little pushback.”

Community forums across the city coupled with three years of work on the structures before a full conversion made for a smooth transition, she said.

Campbell said she doesn’t intend to bring a standardsbased grading package to Federal Way Public Schools but she will bring a set of experiences “that will allow me to help lead teams to create what I call ‘novel solutions’ in this system that have some of the learnings from other systems.”

A few of those novel solutions included elements such as a handbook, a band of teachers and a selection of best practices.

Ultimately, Campbell views teachers and education as students’ dream keepers.

“I feel a great sense of responsibility that they bring their hopes and dreams and their parents’ hopes and dreams and we have an obligation to treat them with care,” she said. “I believe the future of this country is dependent on what we do with the children every day and how we tend to their dreams and hopes.”

When Campbell isn’t spending time with her family or engaging in her interests of astronomy or science, you can expect she’ll be gardening, once she moves into her Federal Way house, that is.

“I love to garden, I can get obsessed with it,” she said. “I love growing and it parallels to teaching, probably. I like seeing something from a seed grow and I like going out every day to make sure it’s got enough light and enough food, so that’s part of my personality.”

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Police found was connected to a computer using a USB cord. They were unable to login to the device to identify the owner nor did they locate fingerprints on the device. Police attempted to contact the woman’s ex but he did not answer the phone. Police have probable cause to believe that the man committed the crime of stalking.

Woman finds man lying in daughter’s bed: At 10:43 p.m. on July 10 in the 1800 block of SW 349th Place, a woman told police when she arrived home she located an unknown man lying down in her daughter’s bed. She believed the man entered her home through her daughter’s window. While police were in route to the location, neighbors were able to get the man out of the woman’s house. The man sat on the front lawn and told the homeowner he “just had to rest” and he was coming off a “bad trip.” He left southbound through the neighborhood.

A police officer reported that there was a similar call to this one earlier that morning. He said the man described in the current call matched the description of the man from the earlier report that morning. The man’s demeanor — calm and apologetic — was also similar in both calls. During the earlier call, the man had also entered someone’s home through a window. Police believe the man was high on the drug spice. The woman identified the 19-year-old Tacoma man in a photo montage and they arrested the man for second-degree burglary.

Police apprehend shoplifter with Taser: At 12:21 p.m. on July 10 at 2201 S. Commons, a man used a large duffel bag to conceal $749.97 worth of baby monitors and accessories at Target. The man exited the store without paying for the concealed merchandise. When contacted by police officers, who told him he was under arrest, the man fled on foot.

Police apprehended him after a successful Taser application. He was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia associated with smoking heroin. He lied to police about his identify. A criminal check revealed that he was issued a twoyear trespass notice for all Target stores for a previous theft that occurred on April 2. He was arrested for resisting arrest, providing false information to police and possession of paraphernalia and burglar tools.

Suspect throws beer bottle during road rage incident: At 8:05 p.m. on July 10 in the 33000 block of 20th Ave. S., the victim reported that he was driving at the listed location and possibly cut off another vehicle at the corner. He said the other vehicle, described as a purple Jeep Cherokee, followed him and one of the occupants threw a beer bottle, breaking the rear window of his vehicle. He could only describe the occupants of the jeep as two black or Hispanic males. The jeep continued southbound on 20th Avenue South after the incident.

Man finds firearm on Pacific Highway: At 8:47 p.m. on July 10 at 29500 Pacific Highway S., police were dispatched to the location for a report of a firearm that was found. The reporting party said a member of his church located the firearm and surrendered it to him. Police contacted the man who found the firearm and he showed police where he found the gun in lane one of Pacific Highway South in the 29600 block. Police obtained photographs of the firearm as well as the magazine and six rounds of ammunition. The firearm and accessories were booked into evidence.

Suspect launches firework from car that ignites grass: At 6:23 p.m. on July 10 in the 36000 block of 14th Ave. SW, the victims reported seeing an older white Ford Taurus driving by their residence. They heard a noise and then realized that their grass was on fire. A Roman candle firework was shot from the vehicle, igniting the grass in the yard. The fire was only about 30 feet away from the residence. The victims were able to put the fire out using a hose.

Teen’s nude photo shows up on Instagram site: At 8 p.m. on July 9 in an unknown block of SW 333rd Place, police were dispatched to a harassment call. The reporting party said his teenage daughter sent a nude photo of herself to her ex-boyfriend. The photo was later found on an Instagram group site after the girl broke up with her boyfriend.

The site had seven posts and 78 followers. The girl told police someone told her that a fellow classmate at Decatur High School got the picture from her ex and sent it to the page. It is unknown who the owner of the page is. Police forwarded the case to detectives for further review.

Couple argues over crushed potato chips: At 2:01 p.m. on July 9 at 33207 Pacific Highway S., officers responded to the location regarding a man and woman involved in a physical altercation. Police located the two in front of Ernie’s Fuel Stop. The man was detained for his Department of Corrections arrest warrant. The woman reported this was a mutual combat, adding she was uninjured. The dispute was over crushed potato chips. The man was booked into SCORE jail on his warrant.

Police investigate possible arson: At 5:54 a.m. on July 8 in the 32000 block of 21st Ave. SW, police were dispatched to assist South King Fire and Rescue on the scene of a business fire. Fire personnel extinguished the fire and it is unclear if the fire was arson or accidental.

Man grabs woman on trail, exposes himself: At 4:37 p.m. on July 7 in the 33000 block of First Place SW, a woman called police after she was walking the BPA Trail near the Cove Apartments. She said she was on the phone with her husband and was walking for a few minutes when she heard footsteps behind her. She saw a white male in his late 20s, with a reddish brown goatee, heavy build, a blue baseball cap and white pants.

The woman continued walking and talking with her husband when she felt a hand grab her buttocks. She turned around and observed the man masturbating. The man turned around and walked back in the direction of the apartments. The woman walked fast in the opposite direction until her husband told her to call the police.

Police asked the woman if she would be able to identify the man again and she said she did not get a good look at his face. The case is currently inactive, pending the suspect’s identification. If the suspect is identified, he will face fourthdegree assault charges and indecent exposure.

Man rapes woman after she blacks out: At 3:37 p.m. on July 7 at an unknown address, the victim and a friend went to an unidentified motel in Federal Way and met with a male only identified as “D” and another unidentified male.

They drank wine and smoked heroin that the males supplied. The victim felt strange after drinking wine and blacked out. The victim came to multiple times as “D” was raping her. When she awoke, the males were gone.

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EARLY SUPPORT IS KEY

The current recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics is for exclusive breastfeeding until six months of age, when complementary foods are introduced, followed by continued breastfeeding until 12 months of age. One of the best predictors of achieving this goal is the quality and quantity of breastfeeding achieved by one month after birth. This highlights the need to support nursing moms in the first few weeks after birth.

What I would tell any woman considering childbirth or new moms: • Most moms can make enough milk for their infant.

• Most babies are able to successfully breastfeed.

• Breastfeeding is natural, but not always easy, particularly at the beginning.

• Relax. Trust yourself and your infant.

Ask for help and seek support.

So, if you’re a woman thinking about childbirth or a new mom, I encourage you to consider breastfeeding. Regardless of what feeding option you choose, though, remember that good information and support are important!

Lauren Athay, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician with a special interest in lactation medicine. She practices at Virginia Mason Federal Way Medical Center, at 33501 First Way S. For information, visit www.virginiamason.org/federalway.

Man arrested for stabbing ex’s friend in abdomen: At 6:26 p.m. on July 6 in the 29000 block of Military Road S., Federal Way police arrested a 25-year-old Federal Way man after he stabbed a 23-year-old Renton man in his abdomen. Before the stabbing, the suspect was driving while he was under the influence with his ex-girlfriend and her children in the vehicle. The suspect argued with the woman over his drinking and driving. The verbal argument continued when his ex-girlfriend refused to purchase alcohol when they stopped at a gas station. The woman attempted to get the keys from the suspect but he pushed her back into the seat and continued to drive.

The suspect then struck a vehicle at the intersection of South 312th and 18th Avenue South. He fled the scene in the vehicle and when his ex attempted to call 911, he took the phone from her. The man parked the vehicle and told the woman and children to stay in the vehicle. His ex complied because she said she was afraid of the man. The suspect then attempted to place the woman and children into his vehicle that was parked at the apartment complex. While he was distracted, the woman texted her friend and asked her for help. The suspect then told the woman she needed to go to his apartment and took her and the kids to his unit. The woman went because she was afraid.

The woman received a phone call from her friends who were outside the man’s apartment and he became upset. He grabbed the woman by her arms and she told him her friends — including the 23-year-old Renton man — were outside. The suspect confronted the woman’s friends and when the confrontation heated up, the suspect ran back to his apartment and came back out a few minutes later with his hands in the pocket of his hooded sweatshirt. He approached the 23-year-old man, grabbed his shoulder, pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the Renton man in his abdomen. Police arrived and arrested the suspect, while South King Fire and Rescue and Medic One treated the man for his large knife wound and he was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

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