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First-year teacher Lindsey Hammond has come home to teach language arts at Mt. Baker Middle School. Her dream since she was a girl was to become a teacher. ‘Gosh, I have wanted to be a teacher forever,’ she said. robert whale, Auburn Reporter

BRIGHT MIND, FRESH START Self-proclaimed nerd ready to bring energy, joy to her teaching

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At home in her skin, fearless to be who she is, first-year teacher Lindsey Hammond can’t wait for Sept. 7 and the opening bell so she can kick it with the kids in the class.

Can’t wait to share with those young minds her passion for learning and a voracious appetite for reading that embraces everything from dystopian novels like “Hunger Games” and young adult literature like J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series to Aldous

INSIDE • Denise Wheeler brings her passion for education to her job as the new principal at Illalko Elementary School, page 6 • Auburn School District remaking strides in many ways, says Superintendent Dr. Kip Herren, page 8

Huxley’s “Brave New World” and much more.

“I’m a self-proclaimed nerd, I’ll admit it,” Hammond said with a laugh.

After all, who but a nerd would reach all the way back to Battlestar Galactica to pluck a name for her frog, “Fat Apollo,” or name her fish, Sir Baltasar?

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“One of the first things I told my family after I got the teaching job was, ‘Yay, now I can afford to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. That’ll be my spring break,” Hammond said.

Boiling over with ideas, bright and chipper, the 23-year-old Mt. Baker Middle School language arts teacher is one of the new faces in the Auburn School District this year.

Being here is a homecoming for the 2006 Auburn Riverside High School graduate.

“I love that I’m back,” Hammond said during a break from her preparations for school.

This job is the realization of a dream nearly as old as its dreamer. [ more HAMMOND page 6 ]

J. Dan Fiorito graded and paved a racetrack east of Auburn for a band of cash-poor investors in 1960 in exchange for a share of stock.

If his grandson, Jason Fiorito, is to expand Pacific Raceways, he’ll have to go through the King County Council over the angry and organized opposition of neighbors who say it’ll be too noisy and harm the environment.

Fiorito addressed the Auburn City Council’s Committee of the Whole Monday to enlist the City’s support.

“I’m not asking King County to approve this site plan,” he

said. “I’m asking it to amend the code in terms of the wetlands and the steep slopes to allow upgrades that are specifically tied to safety improvements on the road course and set forth a development agreement requirement between us and the county executive that would start the environmental review process.

“This is not an attempt to circumvent environmental review,” Fiorito added. “There is going to be an exhaustive environmental review, more public input than is generally required. We recognize that the more community input we get, the better the project is going to be.” [ more RACEWAYS page 7 ]

Pacific mayor’s credit card use to be investigated wife’s airline ticket in 2007 to New Orleans, where he was to speak Weary of the lingerat a national restoraing controversy, the tion conference.

Pacific City Council The completed voted 4-3 at a special audit by Canfield and meeting Monday night Associates – the City’s to allow an outside Hildreth insurance company investigative agency – found that Hildreth to determine if Mayor had employed the credit card Richard Hildreth committed for personal use by purchasa crime by violating the City’s ing the airfare, but that he had credit card policy. reimbursed the City in full for Hildreth was recently the the purchase. focus of a lengthy probe and Hildreth said he paid for the audit for allegedly using the ticket in advance and consulted City credit card for personal with the City finance director use. Its significant question – the mayor’s purchase of his [ more HILDRETH page 4 ]

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King County enters race for local animal control services

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Ring of honor Bobby Vogel shows off his new Auburn High School Class of 2011 ring.

Vogel received his keepsake last week, a gift from the Auburn student body.

Vogel, who volunteers with the Trojan football and basketball teams, was honored with an honorary degree from the school in June.

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Auburn prepares for 9/11 program The Auburn Symphony Orchestra presents “The Triumph of the American Spirit: A Community Commemoration” on Sept. 11 at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. The public is invited to the free concert, a tribute to South King County’s fire and police in commemoration of the valiant efforts of first responders surrounding the events of 9/11.

The 2:30 p.m. program honors the memory of those who gave their lives 10 years ago and recognizes the energy and commitment of those who safeguard local communities

each day.

“I am really pleased our community has come together to remember those lost in New York City, in Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, on the 10th anniversary of the horrific attack on our entire nation,” said Eric Robertson, administrator for the Valley Regional Fire Authority. “I am even more proud we are pausing to recognize those public safety professionals who are still serving communities across this great nation, strengthening our American fabric and spirit.”

The event features music by the orchestra, conducted

by Stewart Kershaw.

Maya Angelou’s “Brave and Startling Truth” and the poignant “Playing for the Fighting 69th” will highlight spoken presentations that include remarks by Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis; Al Church, president of the State Fire Chiefs; and John Batiste, Chief of the Washington State Patrol.

While admission to the event is free, and seating is not reserved, a ticket is required. Tickets can only be obtained in person at the City of Auburn Parks, Arts, and Recreation building, 910 9th St SE. There is a limit of six to a family.

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Members of the Auburn Valley Humane Society say they can do the job for fewer dollars than King County, running an animal shelter right here and offering better service than residents now get under the City’s animal control contract with the county.

And with the City of Auburn throwing both an animal control officer and a building for that shelter into the proposed contract with AVHS, cost estimates would appear to bear out that optimistic scenario.

“By having control of our own animal control officer and many things that go along with that … we cut down a lot of costs, and we can operate a lot more efficiently,” Brenda Heineman, human resources manager for the City of Auburn recently told the Municipal Services Committee. She added that with the efficiencies built into the agreement, the City should recoup its initial $1.1 million investment and start-up costs within two to three years.

The full Auburn City Council met Monday evening to discuss the AVHSAuburn professional services contract, which calls for the nonprofit AVHS to be ready to hit the ground running when the present contract expires in 2012.

A new development as of the meeting was King County’s surprise late entry into the game. County representatives told City leaders earlier in the day that the county could do it cheaper than AVHS, though they did not present an actual plan. City leaders agreed to hold off a decision on AVHS until they could get a look at the county’s proposal, possibly by mid to late September.

When the City entered into the animal control contract with King County in June 2010, it gave up its dedicated animal control officer and costs shot up.

Auburn City Councilman John Partridge asked area veterinarians for ideas.

The agreement since hammered out calls for AVHS to operate the shelter in a city-owned building on A Street Southeast,

which the City will lease to the non-profit for $1 dollar. The City will provide up to $417,000 toward the completion of tenant improvements there.

The shelter’s capacity will be 50 animals per day. If there are more, AVHS has agreed to work to reduce the population through adoption, foster care, other humane societies or other appropriate means.

The agreement is for seven years, with the right to extend another seven years, starting in 2012.

If AVHS does not raise $176,000 on its own in start-up costs, the City will advance it up to $176,000.

Starting in the third year, the City will deduct money advanced for start-up costs against future fees paid to AVHS. The City will provide animal control services and pay an animal control officer $80,196 annually, answering a common concern – that animal control officers are spread extremely thin under the county contract.

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Police arrived but the woman had vanished. Police charged her anyway with trespassing in the first degree and sent record of her transgression to the prosecutor.

Forgery: 4 p.m., 2000 block of M Street Northeast. Someone used a man’s business website merchant number to purchase an Authorize.Net account without his say so.

Trespassing: 1 p.m., 1000 block of D Street Southeast. A man told police that his son had possibly broken into his abandoned house because he needed somewhere to sleep.

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Strong arm robbery: 8:46 p.m., 520 E. Main St. An unknown male — general age not disclosed — walked

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 22 and Aug. 28:

Trespassing: 1:05 p.m., 510 M St. SE.

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yard of his residence. The thief did not enter the RV.

Bike theft: 5:30 p.m., 20 E St. NE. Somebody swiped somebody else’s bike from Washington Elementary.

Police did not disclose a value for the bike.

Theft: 2 p.m., 3030 R St. SE. A man left a loaded gun in his car while he went for a walk in Game Farm Park.

While he was gone, somebody broke into his car and stole the gun. Police did not disclose a value for the missing weapon.

Aug. 24 Commercial burglary: 5 p.m., 4020 Auburn Way N. Somebody, or several somebodies, entered Comcast’s fenced storage yard and prowled company vehicles, stealing numerous tools of undisclosed value.

Theft of vehicle parts: Overnight, 1400 block of 24th Street Southeast.

Somebody stole batteries from a man’s RV while it was parked near the front

Fraud: 6 p.m., 2400 block of M Street Northeast. A woman received a fraudulent check from a person she had met on Craigslist. The fraudster requested she deposit the check, keep $400 for herself and send the remaining $1,974 via Western Union to a furniture company in the Bronx in New York City. The bank caught the fraud before the woman could

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on how to proceed.

“There was no intent to break or ignore any laws,” he said.

But, as City Council President John Jones pointed out, the use of the City’s credit card for personal use is specifically prohibited under City ordinance. By narrowly passing the motion to refer the matter to an appropriate investigative body, the City Council can put aside the time-consuming dispute and move on to other matters at hand, he said.

“This is just a procedure, turning it over and letting it be reviewed by an agency other than us,” said Jones, who supported the motion.

“As far as I am concerned, it’s laid to rest. As far as the council … we don’t have to address it anymore.”

Added Councilmember Joshua Putnam, who voted against the motion: “As a council, we can’t pardon (Hildreth) and we can’t prosecute him. That’s not our job. Our role is to set clear policy, which we have now done … and to maximize public transparency.”

In the wake of the controversy, the City Council has since imposed clearer, more stringent and precise credit card policy and procedures.

Councilmember James McMahan supported the motion, acknowledging the mayor probably took advantage of the City’s ill crafted policy.

“When you look at the credit card use, the way credit card policy and the purchasing policy read before, (one could say) that yeah, he probably could do what he did. Should he have? In my opinion, no,” McMahan said. “But could he? Yeah. The insurance report said exactly that.”

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Vandalism: 5:40 a.m., 101 Auburn Way S. An Auburn resident reported that someone had drilled two pay phones and stolen change from them in the 100 block of Auburn Way South.

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Aug. 28 Pickpocket: 1:10 a.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Somebody reached into a woman’s pocket and stole her cell phone while she was at the Muckleshoot Casino.

Commercial burglary: Overnight, 6950 Lakeland Hills Way SE. Burglars struck another construction site, broke into another connex box and stole about $2,000 worth of tools.

Trespassing: 8:11 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. An extremely drunk man refused to leave the Muckleshoot Casino, despite being given many opportunities to do so, with a cab even waiting to transport his inebriated self home. When the cab driver eyeballed the drunk, he wanted nothing to do with him. When police told the dude scram or we’ll arrest you, he dropped his pants to his ankles as a token of his sentiments and was arrested.

The Canfield and Associates audit reviewed the mayor’s travel expenses, donations and reimbursements for the years 20062011. The final report found the mayor in compliance with the City’s travel policy and “that more likely than not, Mayor Hildreth routinely reimbursed the City any money that he received as a reimbursement from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for trainings.”

Hildreth denies using the card for personal expenses but only for frequent travel to emergency training. He claims the attacks are politically motivated. Hildreth is seeking reelection to a third term in office come November.

Putnam, who sits on the City’s finance committee, said he doesn’t believe there is evidence to show that Hildreth had any intent to defraud the City, and he doubts the mayor will face prosecution.

“The mayor’s actions may have violated the law or policy, even though it wasn’t intentional. I don’t think he intentionally violated the law or policy,” Putnam said. “We had a poorly-drafted credit card and purchasing policy.

He pushed it to its limits but was within the reasonable legal interpretation of that policy.”

Hildreth understands the Council’s actions and wants the investigation to swiftly move ahead. He said he has cooperated every step of the way.

“It’s probably going to drag on. … I want this whole thing answered, and I want citizens to know there is no problem here,” he said.

Hildreth is one of the nation’s mayoral leaders in prescribing emergency preparedness plans for other cities, institutions and

leaders to follow.

“The emergency management training I have taken is appropriate and in the public interest,” Hildreth insisted. “It’s not FEMA’s responsibility to plan, prepare or train cities to deal with disasters. It’s the local government’s role. … It’s our responsibility.”

Monday’s marathon meeting drew support and opposition from several citizens.

Reva Bryant is convinced Hildreth broke the law.

“The one time that he bought the ticket for his wife was a crime, pure and simple,” she said. “It’s a misuse of public funds.

That credit card belongs to the City of Pacific.”

Audrey Cruickshank is concerned about how the City processes and keeps financial records. She is among several Pacific residents critical of the mayor’s activities and ethics, and skeptical of the thoroughness and accountability of City bookkeeping.

But the debate also drew strong support for the major and heavy criticism for the council’s lack of oversight.

“You folks are wasting time on this. It’s a whole bunch of nothing. Your record keeping, your policies are very unclear, not specifically written up,” John Richardson told the council. “You don’t have anything here.

What you need to do is let it go. In the future, you need to have your policies specifically written out, recorded, dated.”

Russell Tyree, a Pacific resident since 1974, is concerned that the controversy will bleed into the mayoral race this fall.

“Look, the policies are corrected, the council has dealt with it. There was no evil intent,” he said. “Let’s just forget it, put it away.”

Commercial burglary: Overnight, 6821 Udall St. SE. Burglars hit a construction site, broke into two connex boxes and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

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Wheeler brings warmth, passion as Illalko’s new principal In Denise Wheeler’s presence, every child at Ilalko Elementary school will know straight away that the concerns of their small world count.

Can’t fool a kid about that.

Call it the gift of warmth, Wheeler has the sort a boy or girl could warm his bones around. It shines in her eyes, radiates in her frequent laughter, boils when she swings into her favorite subject.

“I am really just passionate, passionate, passionate about education, particularly public education,” said Wheeler. “It is so much more than a job. “… Auburn is a nice philosophical fit for me. It goes with my belief system about education and where it’s going. I love the fact that the district has a structure and framework that is established at the central office level, but at the building level, there’s flexibility and freedom to meet the expectations and standards we have for student learning.”

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[ HAMMOND from page 1 ] “Gosh, I have wanted to be a teacher forever,” Hammond said. “I can remem-

Wheeler had been an interim principal in Shoshoni, Wyo., prepared to retire to Washington after a long and fruitful career that began in 1988.

She wanted to be near her beloved daughter and only child, Laura in Bremerton.

But one day the phone rang. It was a superintendent, an old friend in Montana, advising her of an interim principal position Denise Wheeler has devoted a lifetime to education. in Shoshoni. No, ‘I like to organize and lead,’ said Wheeler, the new principal said Wheeler, she at Illalko Elementary School. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter was done with that. But he was upbringing, but a slightly salty persistent. word tossed in the mix suddenly “And so I applied, and I got the makes her jump, blush, back up job, and at the end of January I and blurt out, “Oh, my goodwas so excited I called him, and ness!” And when she does, a hint we were talking about something of Minnesota bubbles up through else and he goes, ‘I knew you the crust, even many years reweren’t ready to retire yet.’ And I moved from her native St. Paul. said, ‘You’re right, I wasn’t.’”

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After high school graduation, Hammond, one of four children, attended the

and always will be something of the teacher about Wheeler.

“When I was younger, I remember playing school. Even informally with the neighborhood kids, I was doing Smokey the Bear. Maybe that was the beginning of my principalship. I like to organize and lead,” said Wheeler.

But it was love that first struck the match.

“I was going to college in Missoula, and I had an undergraduate degree in forestry. I met my ex-husband who was majoring in education. He said, ‘Let’s go to Alaska after we’re done with college.’ I didn’t know if I would be able to find a job there. He suggested maybe I could get a teaching degree, too.”

And so she did, earning a teaching degree in elementary education. She and her new husband headed to Alaska to teach school. That’s where the thing she had been set on earth to do found her.

“I’ve always liked the teaching component,” said Wheeler. “But there was a defining moment when I realized I wanted to be a principal and said this is the place

University of Idaho, where she earned her English degree and took part in the teacher prep program. She graduated in December of 2010. She did her student teaching at North Tapps Middle School last fall with Erica Sage, her favorite high school teacher and a major influence.

She learned she had the Mt. Baker job just two weeks ago.

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It was not a typical class where you sat a desk, listening to lectures. We studied for her tests by playing “Jeopardy,” and we would move our desks around and have formal debates about characters and their moral decisions. We got up and moved and were involved. I loved that.”

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Sage, now a teacher at Lake Tapps Middle School, is her role model.

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I need to be. That was when I was in Alaska. We had an administrator who was not elementary trained, he was high school trained. I remember watching what he was doing and thinking, ‘I could do that better.’

“I loved teaching, but what I really wanted was to have a bigger impact. I was teaching very small classes. One year I had seven kids, and another 11 or 13. Teaching first grade, I loved to watch them learn to read, it’s such a magical time,” Wheeler said. “Then I thought, ‘Wow, if you’re an administrator, you can impact two, five or 10 teachers to do something really well then go impact their classes the rest of their career. That was a pretty powerful thought for me, because when I say am passionate, what I mean is I really want to see us do the best we can by kids while we have them.

“I thought, ‘Wow, if I can make that happen and influence groups of teachers, and those teachers go on to impact those groups of kids, it’s sort of a logarithmic, exponential sort of thing going on.’ That’s where my passion is, right there.”

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some pit areas and cleaned Council members lisup the property. tened but took no action.

Present features are: Fiorito’s problem is that • A quarter-mile dragstrip the operation of the current • A shifter-kart track road course and drag strip amounting to a smaller verdon’t support the maintesion of the road course that nance of the racing surface, caters to drifting cars, go neither do they support the karts and motorcycles debt service payments the • A permitted motocross family has been making on track, dormant for now the $5 million loan it took • A permitted-and-unout to pull the venue back der-construction, relocated from the brink of ruin in drag strip.

2000 to where it can operThe road course plays host ate at a club racing level on to a number of sanctioning the road course and bodies – SOVREN a professional level (Society of Vintage on the drag strip.

Racing EnthusiFiorito traced the asts), Vintage Cars, track’s decline to a Sports Car Club of series of unfortuAmerica, Internanate lease agreetional Race Drivers’ ments the thenClub, Washington operator of Seattle Motorcycle Road International Race- Fiorito Racing Association, way entered into some ASA and NAwith lessees from the 1970s SCAR events on the regional to the late ’90s. Because the series level. The raceway also operator did not actually does a lot of work with police own the property, he lacked training. the incentive to do anything Nearly 700,000 people to maintain the track and set foot on the property keep up with times, even as every year, almost 100,000 other owners throughout of them showing up on just the country were doing. weekend, during the NHRA “By the end of the ’90s, Nationals. But it is the club either my family was going activities throughout the to take over operations, or it week that kick up most of would go away,” Fiorito said. the economic impact. Some “Thankfully, I was able to of the larger events are on convince my family it was an weekends, the track hosting important community asset.” close to 300 event days a year and operational seven days a The family tore down week, May through August. buildings, replaced bathPacific Raceways has rooms, began a deferred worked with King County maintenance program over recent years to relocate to establish some safetysome of the racing surfaces, runout areas around the including the kart course, road course, rebuilt the grandstands, replaced many moving it “as far away from the neighborhood as of the wooden seats with

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to the following calls for service between Aug. 22 and Aug. 28, among many others:

Aug. 22 Grass fire: 10:02 a.m., (Auburn).

Firefighters snuffed and overhauled a small fire that had escaped a fire pit and spread to the lawn of a residence.

Firefighters educated the homeowner about the permit process.

Aug. 23 Aid call: 6:52 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responded to a senior citizen complaining of abdominal pain that had started the day before. A private ambulance transported the man to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Aug. 24 Downed power lines: 3:42 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters responded to downed power lines at the 700 block of Butte Ave. On arrival, firefighters found that an operating forklift had knocked down the lines. The occupant of the forklift had pulled himself out

we could get it, and then lowering it 30 feet into the ground, leaving an earthen berm between the noise generator and the neighborhood. This is the first racing surface to employ that technology, and it’s worked wonderfully,” Fiorito said.

The family is selling the underlying gravel to pay for the infrastructure improvements and mitigate the noise.

The problem is that road courses and drag strips aren’t big money makers. If Pacific Raceways is to remain competitive, things will have to change. Looking for a sustainable business model outside of the impossible scenario of hosting a NASCAR event, Fiorito decided to do as other track owners in his situation had done – build

an associated industrial park.

By building and renting out industrial and commercial space for businesses tied to the racing industries, he said, he can keep things rolling and make the venue a worldclass facility once again.

Fiorito’s plan calls for an industrial park capable of generating 1,000 jobs, with an estimated economic impact on the local economy of about $30 million per year.

By surrounding the track with those buildings, he said, he can cut the noise. The plan also calls for replacing a grass field with a regionalsize oval, which is the one additional racing surface proposed in the master plan.

His vision is to have five racing surfaces that can be operated on a regional level.

A lack of safety runout areas, he said, constrains the present road course. In 1960, there were few trees alongside the racing surface.

Because of 30 years of lack of maintenance, trees have grown up right alongside the track, so that if a car leaves the racing surface, it will hit a tree. The solution is to remove trees, and that means getting into sensitive areas and removing vegetation to provide flat runoff areas, so that if a car going 150 mph plus leaves the track, it won’t hit a tree, and safety crews can get there quickly.

Fiorito claims his plan efficiently cuts but does not eliminate noise leaving the property.

“My ask is to be recognized as a community asset

in terms of our ability to get kids off the streets and provide a safe alternative,” Fiorito told the Council.

“An asset in terms of being an economic engine that supports an entire industry, that survives because of the racing industry, and to be recognized as someone who is trying to self-finance a $130 million upgrade to a facility that already exists, to get credit for the noise, the traffic and the water impacts and credit for the improvements that will be made, and send a message to the King County Council that as a City, Auburn supports this development plan,” Fiorito said.

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before the firefighters’ arrival and was not hurt. Puget Sound Energy was dispatched to fix the lines. There was no significant power outage and nobody was hurt.

Aug. 25 Car versus fire hydrant: 7:03 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters evaluated a male who had lost control of his car and sheared off a fire hydrant. The male had no injuries and was left in the care of the Auburn Police Department.

Aug. 26 Aid call: 6:08 p.m., (Lakeland Hills).

Firefighters helped a woman suffering from abdominal pain with bleeding.

A private ambulance transported the woman to ARMC in stable condition.

Aug. 27 Aid call: 10:27 a.m., (Algona). Firefighters and Medic 6 helped an ailing diabetic and left her in the care of her grandson.

Aug. 28 Brush fire: 5:45 p.m., (Auburn).

Firefighters responding to a brush fire on the north side of Highway 18 at C Street Southwest found a 50-by-100foot fire that was reaching into some trees. Firefighters put it out.

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The Auburn School District experienced a breakthrough year in academic achievement across the K-12 system this past school year.

Kudos to students, families and teachers for their contributions to unprecedented improvements in student learning.

Here are a few examples of this success: • In first-grade reading, at-risk performance was almost eliminated, with only 23 out of 1,068 students still at risk and 86 percent of first-graders on target.

• In third grade, MSP reading proficiency increased by 9 percent over the last year, making our third-graders among the top performers in the state.

• Third-throughfifth-grade MSP math increased by 10 percent.

• Sixth-grade MSP reading increased by 12 percent, and MSP math increased by 15 percent.

• Five hundred more students were enrolled in honors classes, a 25-percent increase.

• High school dropout rates decreased from 4.4 to 3.4 percent, on-time graduation increased from 81 percent to 85.5 percent, and extended graduation increased from 86.2 percent to 91 percent.

• 2011 high school reading, writing and science performances all increased.

The Auburn School District is well on its way to the goal of eliminating the achievement gap and becoming a world class school district. The commitment to continuous improvement is making a difference.

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Peloza has passion, warmth to serve I read with interest in the Auburn Reporter two letters that appeared Aug. 26. One was written by Mr. Bill Peloza himself about VFW Post 1741’s support for women veterans.

The other was a question on Peloza’s capacity to serve the city of Auburn because it is “spread too thin.”

I met Bill Peloza when I initiated my VFW local membership. What stood out and impressed me most about this man was his amiable warmth as a person. He made me feel welcome. He personally took it upon himself to process my membership.

We communicated several times by phone and through email. He made me feel that my

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membership is very important.

And, I felt his sincerity.

During Post meetings, I noticed that he provides firm and strong leadership. He’s a natural, energetic leader. A gogetter, a type “A” personality, so to speak. A personality that a leader must possess.

As to what the other letterwriter said of him as “serving

on 10 different committees not directly connected with the City,” and that because of that “he can’t do justice for the citizens by spreading himself too thin,” is a fallacy, I think. These committees that Bill Peloza serves on are all within the City … and each one of these committees, I believe, endeavors to serve the community in its own unique capacity. So, what’s wrong with getting involved in all of them and in wanting to serve the City in 10 different ways?

As this letter-writer wrote, Bill Peloza, “says as a public servant, his passion and challenge is to assist citizens and local businesses with their dayto-day problems and to provide a better quality of life.” Well, more power to Bill, if that’s the case. [ more LETTERS page 9 ]

Combating suburban gang violence through collaboration Gang violence seems to be everywhere today, even right here in our own suburban neighborhoods – and it’s mobile, moving across city borders. So, how can South and East King County communities work together to deal with it?

High-profile incidents involving gang violence – such as the shootings last month at a car show in Kent – generate most of the headlines. But the pervasive influence that gangs have on vulnerable youth can be just

as dangerous as the gunfire.

Once lured in as teens or even pre-teens, gang members are more likely than other kids to drop out of school, become the victims of crimes or wind up in prison.

Here are just a few sobering facts: • According to the FBI’s 2009

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National Gang Threat Assessment, gangs are responsible for up to 80 percent of all crimes in communities across the nation today.

• Conservative figures from the King County Sheriff ’s Department show that gang incidents increased by more than 5 percent from 2009 to 2010.

• Indications are that Seattle’s success in addressing gang issues may be driving gangs into other parts of the county.

• In 2008, the FBI estimated that 45 percent of all gang members in King County resided in suburban and rural areas, which often struggle to manage the unique challenges presented by gang-involved youth.

These startling facts prompted the Center for Children & Youth Justice (CCYJ) to convene the Suburban King County Coordinating Council on Gangs. The Council [ more BRIDGE page 9 ]

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His “passion” in serving the community in several different ways, is to me, NOT “self-serving” at all, but a reflection of his love for the city of Auburn and a picture of his dedication to his job as a member of the City Council.

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I believe Mayor Lewis and each elected councilmember are working hard to improve Auburn, and only a very negative person could not see the results that are taking place.

If you are not a volunteer in Auburn, now is a great time to get involved and help make positive changes in our beautiful city.

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is comprised of highlevel decision-makers from across South and East King County – including mayors, police chiefs and school superintendents – all committed to breaking down the systemic and procedural barriers that stand in the way of a coordinated approach to addressing gang issues.

Because CCYJ is dedicated to meaningful and lasting reforms of systems serving vulnerable children and youth, the goals for the Council are multi-dimen-

[ HERREN from page 8 ] Despite this challenge, three elementary schools exited Title AYP (adequate yearly progress.) Seven of our schools now have greater than 90 percent of students meeting standard while 11 schools are beyond 85 percent meeting standard in reading and math. One school hit 99 percent in reading and another hit 95 percent in math.

These results are affirmation that the district strategic plan is moving us in the right direction. Teacher collaboration, assessment, data analysis, standards

sional. Yes, law enforcement must work together to prevent and combat criminal gang activity. But we also must find better ways to intervene early and divert youth from becoming gang members. And those gang-involved youth who commit crimes must have access to a juvenile justice system that both protects society and holds youth accountable for their actions, while also addressing the unique issues that drive kids to join gangs in the first place.

Research shows that many gang members grow based teaching and learning, and student interventions practiced at the instructional core account for this academic progress.

Even with severe reductions in state funding over the last three years, clear focus and strategic action on behalf of student learners at the classroom level are working in Auburn.

We look forward to another year of great success for all students.

Dr. Kip Herren is superintendent of the Auburn School District. Reach him at 253-931-4900 or kherren@ auburn.wednet.edu.

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up in abusive, neglectful or anti-social households and lack supervision, positive role models or encouragement. They also have higher rates of substance abuse and mental health issues than other teens. These are not excuses for bad behavior but rather facts that must be addressed if our system of juvenile justice truly intends to rehabilitate, and not just punish.

Relying on other suc-

cessful community-based anti-gang efforts along with evidence-based guidelines from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Council will develop and implement a comprehensive and collaborative response to suburban gang activity.

Our vision is to create safe, gang-free communities, including youth who are safe, educated, connected to their families and schools,

and prepared for lifelong success.

If we value our youth, our communities won’t give up until we advance policies, systems and practices that will make this vision a reality.

Retired Washington State Supreme Court Justice Bobbe J. Bridge is the Founding President and CEO of the Center for Children & Youth Justice, www.ccyj.org.

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State School Superintendent Randy Dorn wants to expand the free breakfast program by launching a publicity campaign, “The Fuel Up First with Breakfast Challenge”.

It is this type of backward thinking that is driving our nation to the edge of bankruptcy.

“Nearly half of the state’s students qualify for free breakfast at public schools, yet few actually access it, campaign officials said.” This would indicate to a reasoning person that they don’t need or want it. Instead, Superintendent Dorn wants to

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In response to Ms. Herold’s letter in the Aug. 26 Auburn Reporter, one has to say “my goodness!”

Perhaps City Councilman Peloza does serve on 10 outside committees. In my experience, if something needs to be done, ask a busy person.

Auburn benefits greatly from a very large group of selfless volunteers. Food banks, free church dinners, service clubs, city boards and committees, etc. If Mr. Peloza chooses to serve us in multiple capacities, then I say “bravo!”

in communities throughout the state. We received many insightful comments, both at the forums and through other submissions.

You can read the comments, as well as watch the past webcasts of the forums, at www.redistricting. wa.gov.

Our work is far from done, and we invite you to check in with us and give us feedback as we progress to a final redistricting plan.

Upcoming milestones include Sept. 13, when commissioners will unveil draft maps for new congressional and legislative districts and Oct. 11, when we’ll offer a multimedia opportunity for you to express your views directly to the commissioners.

Our goal is to release final plans in early November. Please check our website for more information.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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create demand with a publicity campaign spurred with cash prizes and recognition.

“As Dorn explains, the more meals a school district serves, the more federal and state tax dollars will come in to support school nutrition programs.”

What? Does Dorn actually think additional tax dollars are freely available? They will just “come in”?

Superintendent Dorn should focus on using our limited tax dollars to maximize student scholarship, not well-meaning, but wasteful programs that divert us from that goal. Some of us will keep this in mind the next time we hear that we need to spend more money on education.

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The salon has seven experienced stylists, a full-time esthetician, a masseuse and three receptionists.

Malek, one of the salon’s founders, has 20 years of experience in the industry.

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Looking for a more centralized, roomier location, Salon Bellissima found it in Auburn.

Lisa Malek and the salon’s two other owners, Kathy Knox-Robinson and Aleishia James, decided to make the move this summer, relocating after eight years in Kent to a spacious suite on Auburn Way North. The extra floor space and easily accessible spot have been a welcome change for one of the area’s few full-service Aveda-concept salons.

“We have a friendly atmosphere here,” said manager Vera Lockwood.

“And our clientele is our family. Everybody knows everybody.

Salon Bellissima specializes in haircuts and styling for women, men and children, in addition to massage, facials and pedicures. It offers a wide range of beauty products, as well as candles and scents.

“A lot of people come for the products, but it’s also for our ‘person-

ing businesses to work with economic development staff on company business plans. The drop-in program is offered free of charge and facilitated by Auburn staff and community partners.

Other planned events cover topics such as data security and management with CenturyLink, occupational and executive health issues from Auburn Regional Medical Center, energy efficiency and grant opportunities with Puget Sound Energy, and a business-focused presentation from the Auburn Reporter on effective marketing and advertising.

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Boy Scout raises funds to supply choir uniforms for former school

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Something was amiss and it wasn’t a high note at a district-wide choir concert last fall.

Adam Berry noticed his former school, Gildo Rey Elementary, was the only choir not in uniform.

“So I thought it would be a good idea for my Eagle Scout project,” Adam said.

Nearly a year later, Gildo Rey’s fifthgraders will sing in style, donning blue uniforms, thanks to Adam and friends.

Adam, a member of Auburn-based Boy Scout Troop 323 under Scoutmaster Rob Curtis, helped raise nearly $800 from school district staff, families and local businesses, enough to purchase 68 embroidered polo shirts for the student choir.

The successful fundraising mission will lead to Berry’s coveted Eagle Scout rank, joining his father, Elwin. Adam officially will earn that distinction next month.

“It’s a fun thing to do,” Adam said of the opportunity to complete his Eagle Scout community leadership project. “It’s fun to get everyone involved.”

Adam, 13, enters eighth grade at Mt. Baker Middle School this year. He is an honors students who enjoys science, history and singing in the school choir.

“He’s excited about school,” said Adam’s mother, Lisa, a teacher at Lake View Elementary.

Adam recently delivered the uniforms to Gildo Rey where they will be housed, used and reused for student choir performances.

“I was really impressed with his kind nature, commitment and hard work,” said Gildo Rey Principal Robin Logan. “He persevered. The way he set and reached a goal and put others ahead of his own interests was very impressive.”

NIKITA MISKEVICH, an Auburn High School graduate, recently was honored as the winner of the Auburn International Farmers Market 2012 poster design competition. The Auburn Arts Commission and Auburn City Council selected Miskevich’s poster design to help advertise the 2012 market season. The first and second runners-up were also student designers from Auburn High School: Margaret Bruhn and Britanni Rodriguez. Miskevich developed his design skills through the Career and Technical Education program at Auburn High School. He will be a freshman at Western Washington University this fall.

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Auburn Mountainview senior Kelly Campbell shot a 4-under-par 67, claiming medalist honors at the PNGA Junior Boys Championship at the Sunriver Resort’s Meadows Course in Oregon.

His 5-under 137 total was good enough for a three-stroke victory over Oregon’s Kevin Murphy.

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Leadership role rests on Auburn’s English Gervais era begins at Mountainview

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Cory English is fully aware of the burden of responsibility on his shoulders.

But Auburn’s 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior lineman is ready to do the heavy lifting.

“The team is relying on me now because I’m one of the most experienced,” English said. “I’m just trying to lead by example, make sure I’m pushing my teammates and just have a great season this year, one for us to remember.”

English, a quick, agile and powerful center, is receiving considerable Cory English attention from Division I schools.

The University of Washington, Washington State, Oregon State, Portland State and Idaho have made official scholarship offers.

English has made an official visit to UCLA. English continues a big-man tradition at Auburn. He played guard last season, next to mammoth tackle Danny Shelton, who graduated and is making an immediate impact as a true freshman defensive tackle at UW.

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After a spring full of turmoil and change, the Auburn Mountainview football program is ready to take care of business.

Craig Spence, who led the Lions to a 4-6 overall record, 1-4 in the South Puget Sound League 3A last season, stepped down as coach this summer.

Jared Gervais, who has worked with the [ more Lions page 14 ]

Ravens look for return to playoffs

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Cory English, third from left, is entertaining offers from several Pac-12 schools, including UW, Washington State and Oregon State. Shawn Skager, Reporter This fall English steps in to anchor the Trojans, a consistent state 4A powerhouse program.

Auburn, which reached the quarterfinals last season, lost 18 starters to graduation, including Shelton, lineman Nick Conlan (New Mexico Highlands) and running back Alphonse Wade (Air Force Academy).

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been with me since my freshman year,” English said. “It’s also a good thing. I’ve learned a lot from them over the years. But it’s my team now, so I have to step up.”

As usual, expectations run high for Auburn, which finished second in the South Puget Sound League North at 7-1, 9-3 overall.

After reaching the playoffs last season for the first time since 2007, Auburn Riverside is eager to do it again.

“As far as season goals, they want to make it back to the playoffs,” fifth-year head coach Bob Morgan said of his Ravens. “That’s their primary goal. We’ve got some obstacles in our way, but we know how many games we have to win to get there. And we’re going to have to

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Domenic Rockey in action at the Tanoa Bowl camp.

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the school’s junior varsity program, takes over the speedy, athletic and young Lions in hopes of leading them out of the league basement. The Lions open the Gervais era at Sumner on Friday. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Sunset Chev Stadium.

“We definitely have our hands full with them,” said Gervais, the nephew of state high school coaching legend Steve Gervais. “But the kids are confident going in. Everything is going well. We’ve

[ trojans from page 13] The Trojans open the season at home against Kentridge on Friday.

Kickoff is 7 p.m.

With just one returner on defense – senior back Lincoln Burt – and three on offense – English and senior tight ends Cameron Gardner and Kevin Shelton – the Trojans will need to develop quickly.

For the Trojans, the running game is king. And the foundation of that is the offensive line.

“Cory is one of the best lineman in the state, so it’s nice to have someone like that back,” Elliott said. “He’s going to play center for us this year, and that’s an important position in

got a few things we have to refine, but everything is in.

We’ve just got to clean it up a little bit and we’ll be good to go.”

The Lions look to ignite an offense that has struggled to put the ball in the end zone, averaging only 14 points a game in 2010.

Junior Domenic Rockey (6-foot-2, 175-pounds) returns as an improved and poised quarterback ready to help drive Gervais’ spread offense.

“Domenic is a year older, and I think he’s kind of

our offense. We feel really good having him there.”

Shelton and Gardner also will provide muscle up front.

“Kevin is back,” Elliott said. “He’s bigger and stronger with another year under his belt, so we expect him to be an even better tight end this year.”

At running back, Auburn will return to the halfback-by-committee style that was prevalent in the program before the Trojans struck gold with feature backs Jeff Gouveia, Chris Young and Wade.

“We’ve got a bunch of halfback kids like we always do. We’ve got five or six or seven, so I feel good there,” Elliott said. “We’ve got a lot of guys

figured out ‘if I get rid of the ball quick, I’ve got this pretty good core of receivers,’” Gervais said. “Our receivers are the strength of the team, and I think he figured out that they are going to make plays and make him look like a really good quarterback.”

Rockey has plenty of swift targets in senior Skyler White (5-7, 180), juniors Devin Bryant (5-8, 160), Elliott Pelfrey (5-10, 165) and J.J. Lacey, as well as sophomores Ray Hardaway (6-0, 185) and Joey Cassano

who can do a good job there.”

The Trojans will look to seniors Burt and Blake Ellison, as well as juniors Harold Lee and Darnell Hagans, to carry the rushing load.

“Those are guys we can really count on,” Elliott said.

Seniors Tilden Sansom and Josh McCoy will share time at quarterback.

“Tilden will start right now, but Josh should play a lot also,” Elliott said.

The 5-11, 175-pound Sansom, a four-year player, will get the start.

“He knows our offense and understands the pass reads and the little things,” Elliott said. “He throws the ball, he’s accurate and makes

(5-9, 180).

“We’ve got a lot speed,” Gervais said. “And we have a couple of guys who are real steady, possession guys who catch everything thrown their way.”

On the ground, the Lions will turn to senior Victor Korchemniy (6-1, 215) to shoulder the load at running back.

“He’s just fast and studly,” Gervais said. “He’s the most ripped high school kid I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Korchemniy will run behind returning tackles, se-

good decisions.

“Josh is a little more physical, he’s a bigger kid,” Elliott said of the 6-1, 210-pound McCoy. “When we run our quarterback running game, which is always important for us, he’ll run that. He’s a bit more physical in that part and he throws the ball well.

Either one fits our system well.”

On defense, the Trojans lack experience but not possibilities.

“Lincoln is the only returning starter, but we’ve got kids who have played,” Elliott said. “It’ll probably take them a little time to get used to playing when it really counts, but I think it’s going to come around pretty well.”

Although expectations are high,

nior Willie Mack (6-2, 250) and junior Nick Aumua (6-2, 235), as well as firstyear starters and seniors David Sarrett (6-0, 220) and Dalton Keene (5-11, 230) at guard.

“And (6-0, 265 senior) David Fowler and (6-4, 285 junior) Kijana Dyer have a nice little battle going for the center spot,” Gervais said.

Kevin Nishimoto was hired to coordinate a promising defense.

“Defense has always been our strong point,” Gervais said.

the Trojans are not considered a favorite to win the North or go far in the postseason, according to prognosticators. That’s just fine with English.

“A lot of people are saying that we’re not going to be that good because we lost Nick, Alphonse and Danny,” English said. “They were great, but I think this year we want it more. We don’t have that many star players. We’re just a team.

“We want to prove a point that tradition doesn’t graduate at Auburn. That’s our main motto,” he said. “We just want to make it a memorable season. We just want to come and play our game on Friday night. It’ll be fun.”

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www.auburn-reporter.com [ ravens from page 13] beat some teams people don’t expect us to beat.”

The Ravens began their season Thursday at French Field against Kentlake in a South Puget Sound League North 4A game.

The Ravens were 4-4 in the SPSL North 4A and 5-5 overall, ending last season with a 49-14 loss to Graham-Kapowsin in a pigtail playoff game.

To return to the postseason, Auburn Riverside will have to mature quickly while slogging through a brutal league schedule.

“Experience is a little bit of an issue. But the kids we have out, they’re a pretty good group, especially our skill positions,” Morgan said. “We’ve got some returners who have some experience there, and they’ve bonded pretty well.”

With just eight returning starters – five on

offense, six on defense – the Ravens will look to the leadership of senior quarterback Josh Latta (6foot-1, 185 pounds).

“He had a little bit of experience last year, started a couple games for us,” Morgan said. “He went 2-0, and he’s stepping up for us this year. He’s a good leader. We predict good things out of him.”

Latta will look to returning senior receivers Andrey Zadneprovsky (5-10, 165) and Kameron Boardway (5-11, 180) to help ignite the Ravens’ hybrid triple option/spread offense.

“We’ll take advantage of some of the strengths our quarterback possesses,” Murphy said. “He’s pretty good at throwing the ball.

We want to establish the run, but we’re not afraid to throw it.”

Senior co-captain Evert Chung (6-0, 195) returns as the Ravens’ primary

clear the way for Chung, the Ravens will field a young offensive line anchored by the team’s junior co-captain, Joe Miles (6-4, 265).

“He’s got a lot of natural ability,” Morgan said. “He’s probably our best lineman.

He has the potential to get looked at by some good colleges.

“Kevin Mast (a 6-2, 205 senior) has some time there, but there is inexperience on the line, and we’re looking for them to step up,” he added.

The Ravens will find strength through numbers on defense.

“Defensively, we’re aggressive in our pursuit of the ball,” Murphy said. “It’s a real team defense. There isn’t necessarily a standout right now.”

Although every game in the SPSL North 4A is a challenge, the Ravens particularly are eager to have another crack at

Joe Miles, left, and Shaun Meehan battle during a blocking drill at Auburn Riverside. Shawn Skager, Auburn Reporter running threat.

“He’s kind of our workhorse,” Morgan said. “He’s a two-way starter (playing linebacker on defense),

doesn’t come off the field much, never complains.

Again, a great leader for us.”

To protect Latta and

rival Auburn, which beat Auburn Riverside 21-14 last season.

“We set our goals for the season in preseason and that (beating Auburn) was definitely something that was brought up,” Morgan said. “It’s important to the kids to beat Auburn. But this week is this week. It’s still preseason.”

The Ravens and Trojans will square off on Oct. 28 at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

Until then, the Ravens will have time to improve and emerge.

“I’m hoping that we start where we left off last year,” Murphy said. “Even though we don’t have a ton of experienced players, the players got a bit of experience in that pigtail game in the playoffs.

“That’s one of their goals, to get back into the playoffs. Hopefully we can start off where we ended and go from there.”

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Author reaches young girls facing challenges of growing up sole spotlight in her parent’s world. But her world is jolted when she learns that Girls encounter many her mother is going to have challenges and awkward a baby. She fears the worst. moments growing up.

LA captures every moAuburn’s Lysne Nolte un- ment in a video diary and derstands this and carefully uses Bible verses to help explores them in the first of her cope with emotional a planned series of children struggles. She becomes cuand family Christian books. rious and learns the process “A lot of me is in of a baby’s developthis book. I comment. But when pletely intertwined the new sibling my own childhood arrives prematurely, … my everyday persomething happens sonal experience,” to her. said Nolte, a stay-at“She feels a need home mother and to protect the baby,” a first-time author Nolte added. “It Nolte with the recent teaches her many release of “Big Sister lessons about being Babysitter, I’m going to be a big sister.” a WHAT?! (Lulu.com and Nolte’s fictional story Smashwords.com ebook is based on actual events, publishing). paralleling aspects of the The book tackles trying author’s life growing up in preteen girls issues in a the Bonney Lake area. sensitive and entertainShe plans to continue the ing way. Readers follow series by following LA as the main figure – exubershe deals with other stages ant fourth-grader Lake in her fast-changing life, Ashley (LA) Payton – as she confronts, manages and accepts changes to her life and family.

“Big Sister Babysitter” – an eight-chapter book intended for middle-grade kids (ages 8-12) – was written especially for fun, curious and youthful girls wanting to learn more about Christianity, human development and blended families. “(It’s about) going through the emotional struggles, life’s ups and downs, and (LA) coming to grips with becoming a big sister,” Nolte said.

“She eventually accepts this idea of a new sibling to the family.”

As Nolte explains, LA is a typical 9-year-old girl who is used to being the

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Rotarian Bob Hardy, above helps Loree, a participant, with her trout during the recent Rotary Club of Auburn’s 34th annual Sauce Shimojima Fishing Derby at Bill’s Fishin’ Hole in Orting. The Aug. 22 event was a combined effort with the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department, offering 40 local disabled individuals the experience and excitement of catching a fish. Rotary members and Park staff then cleaned and cooked the fish, resulting in a meal that included corn on the cob and watermelon. KAREN HENRY, Reporter

CERT graduates 13 new members The City of Auburn Emergency Management Office recently announced the addition of 13 new members to the area’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), bringing the total number of graduates in the local program to 367.

The 13 new members graduated from the area’s 20th CERT course, which included three intensive

Births Auburn Regional Medical Center ANDY/WALDEN Ambrosia and Chad, boy, Aug. 18 AYRES/DE ARMAN Lavinia and Jason, girl, Aug. 15 BELANGER Olga and Jeffrey, boy, Aug. 12 CROXEN-BURKE/WHITE Hyddie and Richard, boy, Aug. 13 ELKINS Dawna, boy, Aug. 15

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Graduates of the class were: David Conrad, Melanie Conrad, Darlene Larson, Cheryl Marshall, Curtis Oliver, State Sen. Pam Roach, Sandi Tanco, Hoang Tran, James Zeller, all of Auburn, and Deric Watkins of Bonney Lake, Pam Bledsoe and Chris Partman of Tukwila, and Ryan Cantwell of Maple Valley.

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“It’s a good way for young girls to get a sense of confidence, not only of who they are and what they are becoming, but also for them to enjoy their families and to just love everyone,” she said.

Nolte’s random project eventually became a book, fueled by her passionate drive to bring awareness to and support for the March of Dimes Foundation. Nolte’s 2-year-old son, Isaac, was born prematurely.

Nolte also wrote the book to encourage and excite her daughter, 12-year-old Ellaysia, about having a new baby join the family. Nolte is soon expecting another baby, the family’s fourth addition. She and her husband, Drew, share a stepson.

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Veggie Car Races: 1-3 p.m., Sept. 10, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road, Auburn. Watch kids use their ingenuity and creativity to build race cars from veggies donated by the Auburn International Farmers Market. Cost: $5 adults, $3 children/seniors and includes admission to Mary Olson Farm. For more information about events at Mary Olson Farm and the White River Valley Museum, visit www.wrvmuseum.org or call 253-288-7433.

Auburn International Farmers Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 25, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. More than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and concession stands that are restaurant-based but feature a home-cooked taste. Upcoming programs: • Sept. 11, Remembrance Day - For Country and Community. VFW Honor Guard opening ceremony 9 a.m. A special thank you to military families. Chili cook-off; • Sept. 18, Senior Appreciation Day. Zumba Gold demonstration, bow-making demonstration, prizes. Information: 253-266-2726, www. auburnfarmersmarket.org.

9/11 flag presentation: 11:30 a.m., Sept. 10, VRFA Station 31, 1101 D St. NE, Auburn. Daughters of the American Revolution, Lakota Chapter in Auburn, to present the 9/11 flag to commemorate the 10th anniversary. The red, white and blue flag represents the Twin Towers, Pentagon and Pennsylvania site. Battalion Chief Tim Day and his crew will be on hand to receive the flag.

Service of 9/11 remembrance and prayer: 7 p.m., Sept. 11, Messiah Lutheran Church, 410 H St. NE, Auburn. Candlelight service of remembrance and prayers in recognition of the 10th anniversary of a national tragedy. Open to the community.

Washington Cup VII: 2 p.m., Sept. 11, Emerald Downs, 2300 Emerald Downs Drive.

Washington-bred championship races.

Information: www.emeralddowns.com.

VRFA Fire Station 34 public dedication, open house: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,

Sept. 17, 31290 124th Ave. SE, Lea Hill, Auburn. Public is invited. Refreshments, demonstrations, equipment and safety displays will be provided. Children can try on firefighter gear, build their own fire trucks, tour through a fire engine and medical aid vehicle and meet Sparky the Fire Dog and “Pluggie” the fire hydrant robot. Adults can try out a thermal imaging camera used by firefighters, obtain a blood pressure or blood sugar check, tour the facility and learn about home safety. A formal dedication ceremony will take place at noon, including a presentation of the colors by the VRFA Honor Guard and dedication of the facility by the VRFA Governance Board.

New Day Christian Fellowship 100th birthday celebration: 1 p.m., Sept. 17, 1312 2nd St. SE. Luncheon and program to celebrate milestone at the fellowship, formerly Auburn Free Methodist Church.

Also: 10 a.m., Sept. 18, worship service featuring former pastors; dedication of Valley Christian School’s teachers, staff, and six new classrooms. The Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting to dedicate the new building. Reception to follow. Info: 253-833-3530. New Day Christian Fellowship on Facebook.

Benefits “See Ya Later” Tour: 10:30 a.m., Sept. 12, Indian Summer Golf and Country Club, 5900 Troon Lane SE, Olympia. Noon shotgun start for four-man scramble, followed by silent auction at 4 p.m., dinner at 6, evening festivities and oral auction at 7. Proceeds benefit the “See Ya Later” Foundation. Join the tournament as a golfer, sponsor, in-kind donor or inner guest. Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 1.

Participation will be limited to the first 128 paid players. Basic player package, including lunch and dinner, is $150; or premium player package at $275. Register online at www.SeeYaLater.org or make checks payable to: “See Ya Later” Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 8, Auburn, WA 98071. For more information: www.SeeYaLater.org, Brian.

Williams@SeeYaLater.org, 253-332-5144.

Scramble for Safe Families Charity Golf Tournament: 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Washington National, 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn. Events include a four-person scramble, a hole-in-one contest, a putting contest, banquet, silent auction, raffles and awards. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Jennifer Beach Foundation, which provides education, advocacy and assistance to the community addressing issues related to child abuse and domestic violence. Entry: $120 for individual players, $480 for a four-person team. Info: call 253833-5366 or visit www.jnbfoundation.org.

Auburn Rotary Earl Averill Invitational Golf Tournament: 11:30 a.m., Sept. 23, Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road SE. Cost: $125 per player (includes dinner). Shotgun scramble format.

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Gardens Submissions: mklaas@auburn-reporter.com Contests: putting, $1,000 long putt, holein-one, roll the dice, pick your club and the super ticket scratch game. Proceeds go to charities in Auburn and around the world. www.auburnrotary.org.

Second annual Hops & Crops Harvest Festival: Noon-6 p.m., Sept. 24, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road, Auburn. Benefit for the historic farm. Sample tasty local brews from Airways Brewing Company, Big Al Brewing, Georgetown Brewing Company, Harmon Brewing Co., Silver City Brewery, Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company, Soos Creek Brewing Co. and Trade Route Brewing Co. General admission: $5 for ages 13 and over. Kids under 13 are free with an accompanying adult. Taster admission for ages 21 and over is $10 and includes a commemorative cup and three taster tokens. Tickets: www.wrvmuseum. org through Sept. 15 or at the festival.

Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sept. 1, Federal Way Community Center, 876 S. 333rd St., Federal Way; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sept. 3, Lakeland Hills community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E., Auburn. 9 a.m.1 p.m., Sept. 4. Northwest Family Church, 3535 Auburn Way S. 8-11 a.m., Sept. 7, Weyerhaeuser Technology Center, 32901 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way; 8 a.m.noon, Sept. 8, Weyerhaeuser Corporate, 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sept. 27, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. For more information, call 1-877242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: Noon-3 p.m., Sept. 1, Auburn City Hall (council chamber), 25 W. Main St.; 1-4 p.m., Sept. 8, Propet, 2415 W. Valley Highway N., Auburn; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Sept. 12, LDS Church, gym, 625 M St. NE; 1-3 p.m., 4-7 p.m., Sept. 12, Messiah Lutheran Church, 805 4th St. NE, Auburn; 10 a.m.noon, 1-4 p.m., Sept. 17, SuperMall, bus by Burlington Coat Factory, 1101 Supermall Way; 9-11 a.m., noon-3 p.m., Sept. 20, Muckleshoot Tribal School, small gym, 15599 SE 376th St., Auburn; noon-2 p.m., 2:45-6 p.m., Sept. 22, Auburn Adventist Academy, Fireside Room, 5000 Auburn Way S. For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Clubs Chinook District meeting, luncheon: 10 a.m., Sept. 7, Grace Lutheran Church, 22975 24th Ave. S., Des Moines. District gathering consists of 12 South King County garden clubs. Program on horticulture featuring Judy Boxx, her garden and garden creations. The Greater Seattle Judges Council ‘’Mary’s Flowers,’’ designs using fresh and dried flowers also on the program. For reservations, call 253-815-8621. To learn more about a garden club in your area, call 253-862-8772.

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and History Center: 29308 132nd Ave SE, Auburn. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday. As the docent program is developed, visitors may take self-guided tours of the 22 acres with a map in hand. There is no charge to stroll the gardens, but donations are gladly accepted.

No pets or food are allowed on the property.

Volunteers are always welcome to use their talents at the gardens. Info: 253-639-0949 or SoosCreekBotanicalGarden.org.

Classes Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training courses: Open to the pubic. Class sessions: • Thursdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3 and 10 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturdays, Oct. 22 and Nov. 12 from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. • The third is restricted to high school students in the Auburn School District and will be offered on Monday PLC days beginning Oct. 3 and will continue through the school year (View www.auburn.wednet.edu/PLC/PLC_Calendar.html) and will be held at Auburn High School, 800 4th St. NE. Presented by the City of Auburn Emergency Management Office, in conjunction with the White River Valley Citizen Corps Council and the Valley Regional Fire Authority. Class members will be required to provide some basic equipment, such as sturdy shoes or boots and work gloves. Other necessary supplies and equipment will be provided. A complete list of required equipment will be provided upon registration. Pre-registration is required for all courses and space is limited.

For more information, or to register for any of these classes, please call 253-876-1925 or email emergencyprep@auburnwa.gov.

Applications also may be downloaded at www.auburnwa.gov/disaster.

Seniors Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www. auburnwa.gov. Activities include: • Wellness Fair, “Rock n Roll Your Way to Wellness”: 9:30 a.m.-noon, Sept. 29. Health screenings, informational booths and lunch with entertainment from “Elvis” (aka Shane Cobain). Lunch will be served between 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Cost is $3. A raffle for door prizes follows lunch. Presented by the Auburn Senior Wellness Team and Auburn Regional Medical Center.

• Senior Coffee Hours with the Mayor and Councilmembers: 10-11 a.m. the second Thursday of the month.

• Lunch: Monday-Friday, Salad bar begins at 11:30, Main meal is served at noon. Cost: $3 donation for ages 60 and over, $5.75 for those younger than 60.

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The Bravo Performing Arts Series kicks off its season Sept. 16 with a variety of top acts, including the instrumental sound of Tacoma quartet Hook Me Up, above. The program also includes entertainer Eric Haines and jazz singer Kelly Eisenhower.

The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. at the Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Tickets are $17 regular, $15 students and seniors.

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Entertainment An Evening with the Brothers Four: 7 p.m., Sept. 9, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Legendary folk group Brothers Four performs, part of the Great Western Community Concert Association season series. Joining the stage is Convergence Zone, bringing a mix of country, bluegrass and familiar pop songs.

Order tickets from www.brownpapertickets. com or call 1-800-838-3006. Order discounted season and group tickets directly from Great Western. For more information, call 253-630-5296 or gwconcerts.org.

Triumph of the American Spirit, A 10-Year Commemoration of 9/11: 2:30 p.m., Sept. 11, Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Concert honors first-responders through inspirational readings and the music of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are free but required for admission. Free tickets may be picked up in advance at the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Administration Building, 910 Ninth St. SE, MondayFriday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Performing Art Season Showcase: 7:30 p.m., Sept, 16, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. The Bravo Performing Arts Series opener. A variety show courtesy of Eric Haines, a bit of jazz from Kelly Eisenhower and a featured performance from Hook Me Up, four individuals offering an energetic and entertaining sound in modern instrumental music. Tickets: $17, $15. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-9313043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Cherry, Cherry, a Neil Diamond Tribute: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17, Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Tribute artist Steve Kelly and his eight-piece band present the music of the legendary singer and songwriter. Tickets: $20 general, $15 students, seniors. To order, call 206-707-6882 or email tickets. comstockproductions@live.com.

Avenue Kids, The Ugliest Duckling: 2 p.m., Sept. 24, Auburn Ave Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. Everyone feels like an ugly duckling once-in-a-while; but what if you were a platypus that would never turn into a beautiful swan? This re-imagined version of the Hans Christian Anderson classic is set in Australia and features an array of wonderful creatures. Our star platypus reminds us that everyone is different and unique and true beauty lies inside us all. Tickets: $6.

Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.5 p.m., or online at Brown Paper Tickets.

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A look into the audience tells Bob Flick many things, one observation being that the sound of folk music resonates through generations.

“You see a lot of people who grew up with folk, and now they are bringing their families,” said Flick, a founding member of the legendary folk group, The Brothers Four. “I look out and see people who might have turned off the radio and put away the newspaper for a while so they could drift way back to the past and just listen to a harmonic evening.”

Led by Flick, one of the country’s legendary folk quartets is keeping the classic sound alive. The Brothers Four, celebrating 52 years of music, comes to the Auburn Performing Arts Center to perform for one night on Sept. 9.

The Brothers Four, founded in 1957 in Seattle, is known for its 1960 hit song “Greenfields”, but also for a stream of steady harmonies that filled the airwaves throughout the early part of the decade when folk was popular in American music culture. The Brothers Four followed the likes of the Kingston Trio, a pop group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s.

“We were lucky to be in the right place, right time,” Flick said. “Folk music gave a voice, kind of a new way to express thoughts and feelings.”

The Brothers Four’s run of commercial success ended, however, with the arrival of the British invasion and the surge of edgier folk rock musicians such as Bob Dylan.

But the band, despite a series of changes in musicians, kept performing and making records. Today, the group makes about 50 appearances each year and

The Brothers Four, from left, Mark Pearson, Mike McCoy, Bob Flick, Karl Olsen, were pioneers in the ‘folk revival’ musical movement.

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continues to attract a strong following in Japan, China, and on the North American hotel and casino circuit.

For Flick, the magic of folk music comes through today, and so does the urge to perform.

“It’s really neat to still be invited, frankly, and wonderful to still bring this music,” he said. “The generations are still connected to this music. Even today, everyone knows a folk song.”

As far as Flick is concerned, folk music never left. It takes on many forms.

Mumford & Sons, for instance, ascends today as an English folk rock band.

Part of folk music’s appeal is it continues to transcend fun and serious subjects and pervades as wholesome, family entertainment, Flick said.

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professional performances were the result of a prank played on them in 1958 by a rival fraternity.

Soon the group left for bigger places and better opportunities.

In 1960, The Brothers Four’s hit single, “Greenfields,” hit No. 2 on the pop charts, and their first album, Brothers Four, re-

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Original members included Flick, Payne, Kirkland and Foley. Today’s lineup includes: Flick; Mike Pearson who joined the group in 1969, left in 1971 and rejoined in 1989; Mike McCoy who has performed with the group off and on since the late 1960s; and Karl Olsen.

For Flick, it has been a wonderful ride.

“Nobody thought it would be this long and encompassing of a career,” Flick said. “But it’s been a great career, a great adventure.”

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Tucker E. Johnson was born on January 31, 1994 and passed away August 28, 2011 in a car accident.

He was born and raised in Auburn, Washington where he attended Lake View Elementary School, Cascade Middle School, and Auburn Senior High School.

Tucker enjoyed serving others and was known for his contagious smile. He enjoyed playing golf, soccer, boating, snowmobiling, snowboarding, and going to dances. He also enjoyed making his family and friends happy with his famous chocolate chip coookies. Little kids were drawn to Tucker and loved being taken out on his horse. Tucker had a strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and belonged to the Lake Holm Ward.

Tucker’s death was preceded by his mother, Kimberly Johnson in 2004. He is survived by his father Ron, brother Taner, sisters Kayla, Hailey, Katie and McKinley, also his brothers-in-law Cody Lund and Brett Young, sister-in-law Megan, and niece Brynlee Lund.

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PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate: LAWRENCE L HERRLE, Deceased.

NO. 11-4-04589-4KNT PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The Administrator named below has been appointed as Adminstrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administrator or the Adminstrator’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of:(1) Thirty days after the Administrator served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

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ADMINSTRATOR: Connie Marich P.O. Box 2249 Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 Published in the Auburn Reporter on August 26, 2011, September 2, 2011 and September 9, 2011. #519416.

PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF PACIFIC PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Pacific Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 6:00 PM at Pacific City Hall.

The purpose of the hearing is to obtain public comment on changes to Pacific Municipal Code Development Codes listed as: a) Amending PMC 20.04, 20.06, and 20.60 – Recycling Processors; and b) Amending PMC 20.06.080 – Buy Back Recycling Centers Citizens and other interested parties are welcome to attend these hearing and present oral or written comments. Questions and comments may be directed to Jay Bennett, Community Development / Public Works Director at (253) 929-1110 and / or mailed to his attention at the City of Pacific, 100 3rd Avenue SE, Pacific, WA 98047 prior to 5:00 p.m. September 27, 2011. Testimony may also be presented at the hearing.

Published in Auburn Reporter on September 2, 2011. #519632.

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL RETREAT OF THE CITY OF ALGONA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CITY OF ALGONA COUNCIL CHAMBERS 402 WARDE STREET ALGONA, WA 98001 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a Retreat of the Algona City Council to be held at the City of Algona Council Chambers, 402 Warde Street, Algona, Washington 98001. Though all meetings of the Algona City Council are open to the public, those attending are asked to silently observe and not interrupt any of the retreat proceedings. The retreat is a special session for the Council to depart from daily distractions to come together in a peaceful and stimulating setting for their exclusive dedication to objectives and innovative thought concerning future visioning for the City. The Council will endeavor to envision what steps are needed to move the community to the next higher level of quality of life for its citizens as well as to make Algona a destination City of choice for consumers and businesses. For further information regarding this Council Retreat, you may contact the City Administrator Diana Quinn at 253.833.2897 or by email to Dianaq@algonawa.gov.

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Pierce County District Court No. One Regarding the Name change of Joel David Moreno (minor)

by Barbara Alexandra Melendez (Parent) No. 12800270C NOTICE OF HEARING FOR NAME CHANGE The State of Washington - to the Said Jorge Moreno Sandoval You are hereby notified that pursuant to RCW 4.24.130, the mother of the above named minor child has filed a Petition to Change the Name of Joel David Moreno to Joel David MelendezAlberto The hearing on this matter shall be on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 9:00am at District Court Pierce County Civil and Traffice Division 1902 96th Street South Tacoma, WA98444 Failure to apprear at this Hearing may result in a name change of the minor above named. Dated 08/26/2011 File your response with: Pierce County District Court No. One 1902 96th Street South Tacoma, WA 98444 253-798-6311 Petitioner Name & Address: Barbara A Melendez 8205 52nd St Court West University Place WA 98467 Published in the Auburn Reporter on September 2, 9, 16, 2011 #325712

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