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Towering Achievement: WTC one of Auburn man’s monumental designs Yamasaki left legacy as one of the greatest architects of his day

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Minoru Yamasaki might be the most famous South King County name you have never heard.

The graduate of Auburn High School was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle in 1912 and became one of the most respected and prolific architects in the world. Yamasaki designed several iconic buildings in Seattle, including the Pacific Science Center, IBM Building and Rainier Bank Tower. He also designed structures in faraway places like Saudi Arabia, India and Japan, and other projects throughout the United States.

But those projects pale in comparison to Yamasaki’s best-known work: the

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Auburn native designed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the heart of New York City.

Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the destruction of Yamasaki’s buildings in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Upon tbeir completion in 1976, the World Trade Center’s twin 110-story towers were the world’s tallest buildings.

Yamasaki’s greatest triumph helped land his face on the cover of Time Magazine.

Yamasaki died of cancer in 1986, so he didn’t witness the destruction of the World Trade Center towers in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

According to a 2003 essay by Walt Crowley on historylink.org, Yamasaki was quoted as saying, “World trade means world peace,” and thus the World Trade Center should be “a living symbol” of global harmony. [ more YAMASAKI page 14 ]

9/11 Remembered • Gov. Chris Gregoire among guests for Sunday’s ceremony, page 3 • Local firefighter recalls tragedy a decade later, page 7

Jovahn ‘JoJo’ Munson, 2, enjoys the slide at Auburn’s Discovery Playground at Les Gove Park on a sun-splashed day.

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Auburn makes top 5 of ‘most playful cities’

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Jovahn “JoJo” Munson, all of 2, couldn’t get enough of the slide at Auburn’s Discovery Playground at Les Gove Park last Friday afternoon, clambering up and scooting down, up and down, a grin of sheer delight pasted on his face.

“Yeah!” said JoJo, legs pumping for another go at the slide. “Yeah!”

His grandparents watched, marveling at the endurance packed into the pint-sized legs.

“I really like this,” grandma Tammie Anderson said of the playground. “My younger sisters have little kids, and I always hear them talking about bringing the little kids to the park and the spray park over there. So when got to spend some time with him today, we got some lunch and brought it here.”

Jovahn knows what fun is, but the knowledge that he was having it in one of the best five American

By SHAWN SKAGER

“Dead” wastes no time in making an impact.

Visitors to the White River Valley Museum’s newest exhibit – “Dead: Unearthing the Shift in Funeral Practices from Home to Mortuary” – are immediately greeted by the deceased, in this

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KaBOOM!, a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving playgrounds, honored these five communities for leading the way through its Playful City USA programs: • Auburn (population: 70,180; number of public play spaces: 90) • San Francisco (pop: 805,235; places: 144) • Columbus, Ohio (pop: 787,933; places: 140) • Hartford, Conn. (pop: 124,512; places: 30) • Orlando, Fla. (pop: 238,300; places: 83) More information: www.kaboom.org/playfulcityusa

cities for kids to play in, and in a playground that helped Auburn earn the distinction, seemed to [ more PLAYFUL CITY page 8 ]

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Minoru Yamasaki stands before one of his most famous works, the World Trade Center in New York. Courtesy photo

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case, a post-mortem photo of Astrid, an angelic-faced Swedish girl in her casket, the family house and cemetery plot captured in the background.

For some, the image might just be a morbid reminder of our impermanence, an acknowledgement that everybody dies eventually. [ more DEAD page 5 ]

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Auburn commemorates 10-year anniversary of 9/11; Gov. Gregoire to participate in ceremony at APAC Gov. Chris Gregoire returns home Sunday to attend a special 9/11 community commemoration at the Auburn Performing Arts Center.

Gregoire is scheduled to speak during the 90-minute program, which honors the memory of those who gave their lives 10 years ago and recognizes the energy and commitment of those who safeguard local communities today.

The remembrance program begins at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at APAC, 700 E. Main St. The public is invited to the program, which

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The orchestra, City of Auburn and Auburn School District sponsor the event.

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The event features music by the orchestra, conducted

by Stewart Kershaw.

Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis, Al Church, president of the State Fire Chiefs, and John Batiste, chief of the Washington State Patrol, will speak.

Admission is free. Seating is not reserved but a ticket is required. Tickets can be obtained in person at the City of Auburn Parks, Arts, and Rec building, 910 9th St SE, until 5 p.m. Friday. There is a limit of six to a family.

Tickets also will be available at the door on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Elsewhere • The Daughters of the American Revolution, Lakota Chapter in Auburn, is presenting a speciallymade 9/11 flag that commemorates the 10th anniversary to firefighters at VRFA Station 31, 1101 D St. NE, Auburn. The exchange is planned for 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The red, white and blue flag represents the Twin Towers, Pentagon and Pennsylvania, sites of the 9/11 tragedy.

Battalion Chief Tim Day and his crew will be on hand to receive the flag.

• The Auburn International Farmers Market, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW, presents, Remembrance Day - For Country and Community, with opening ceremonies at 8:45 a.m. Sunday. The program includes the VFW Honor Guard presenting the opening Pledge of Allegiance, Children’s Dance Theatre performance, music and a chili cookoff with proceeds benefitting the Auburn Food Bank.

• Messiah Lutheran Church, 410 H St. NE, Auburn, hosts a 9/11 remembrance, prayer and candlelight service at 7 p.m. Sunday. It is open to the community.

Woman pleads not guilty to domestic assault charges

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Maria GonzalesEsquivel, King County Prosecutors say, tortured and assaulted her male housemate and his children for more than two years, sending the man to the hospital at least six times and blinding him partially in his left eye.

Despite his injuries, which included punctured lungs, wounds to his genitals and a broken nose, prosecutors say the man repeatedly covered for his tormentor, insisting that his ex-wife had possessed the woman and that the ex was responsible for the abuse, not Gonzales-Esquivel.

On Tuesday morning, 46-year-old GonzalesEsquivel pleaded not guilty at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent to five charges of second-degree assault, including assaults against the daughter. She remains in jail on $200,000 bail.

According to King County Sheriff’s Detective Robin Cleary, whose writeup forms the basis for the charges, the Sheriff’s Office said Gonzales-Esquivel first came to its attention last November when she called to report that an unknown homeless man had dropped the injured housemate off at her house outside of Auburn. Gonzales-Esquivel told the deputy that the her housemate said that two unknown men had robbed and assaulted him.

Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center with wounds to his legs, a fractured rib

and a “macerated” penis.

Police tried to question him over the phone, but his face was too swollen to speak, according to court documents, and all he could tell a nurse was that his assailants had attacked him in Federal Way. Doctors at Harborview had already treated the same man for several assaults that year.

On Jan. 12, a school counselor reported that the man’s daughter had showed up at school with obvious facial injuries, and King County deputies made a welfare check on the home.

The girl told deputies that her mother had come to the house with two men to take her siblings, and that two men had assaulted her father at the ex’s behest.

When the girl tried to help her father, she said, the men turned on her, according to court documents.

In March, doctors again admitted the man to Harborview, this time with a ruptured eyeball and a broken nose.

In mid-July, he was back, this time with serious head injury. Gonzales-Esquivel told investigators that the man had hit his head, charging documents say.

Investigators contacted the ex-wife later that month.

She denied that she’d had anything to do with the attacks on her former husband, though she admitted that the two were locked in a custody dispute.

Still the man and his daughter would not implicate Gonzales-Esquivel.

In late April, a school counselor told detectives

that one of the boys frequently showed up at the school with “open sores and fresh wounds,” charging documents say.

A detective and child services workers met with the children days later, but they described only “a happy home life,” denied having seen their father assaulted and insisted that he had never lived at Gonzales-Esquivel’s house.

Gonzales-Esquivel and the man also denied that he had ever been assaulted at the house.

But last month the man’s daughter finally offered to tell investigators what had really been happening at the home, Cleary wrote.

The girl said GonzalesEsquivel had been assaulting her father and had attacked her. According to charging documents, the daughter told investigators that she had been sent to live with Gonzales-Esquivel in 2006 and worked as her “personal assistant” after dropping out of school.

Her father and mother moved in in 2009 after being evicted from their own home. After the mother left, the young woman told investigators, the attacks got worse.

Investigators searched the home Aug. 25, arrested Gonzales-Esquivel and removed all the children.

They took the man to the RJC for questioning, where, according to charging documents, he confirmed everything his daughter had told detectives. more story online… auburn-reporter.com

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www.auburn-reporter.com [ DEAD from page 1 ] For guest scholar Louise Hull, a sociology professor at Green River Community College, it’s merely an example of the way things used to be.

“Most people didn’t have extra money to take pictures back then. This was their one way of having a lasting memory,” Hull explained. “If you don’t have that resistance to death, it’s not morbid. Now, we’re a youth-oriented culture. The squeamishness comes from our own fear of having to face our mortality.”

Astrid’s photo is just one of many post-mortem pictures – most from the Paul Frecker Collection – used by the exhibit to illustrate the journey that American society has taken in institutionalizing the funeral industry, moving the care of the deceased out of the home and into mortuaries.

In addition to photography, the exhibit also traces the institutionalization of the funeral business with artifacts (on loan from the Kayser Chapel and Crematorium in Moses Lake), ranging from the slumber beds and other items used for home funerals, to the extensive mortician’s tools used to embalm and prepare bodies for burial.

“What’s happened is

On exhibit “Dead: Unearthing the Shift in Funeral Practices from Home to Mortuary” runs through Nov. 6 at the White River Valley Museum, 918 H St. SE, near Les Gove Park. Cost is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and children.

The exhibit includes an “Ask the Mortician” event, featuring Gary Klontz of Klontz Funeral Home at 6 p.m. Sept. 15. Guest Scholar Louise Hull provides further insight in her presentation, “A Death Denying Culture,” at 6 p.m. Sept. 29.

we’ve moved away from agricultural to urban settings,” Hull said. “Death is no longer a part of our daily lives.”

In years past the majority of Americans lived on farms, where death was an acknowledged part of the cycle of life.

“Farm animals die, the older generations that lived on the farm would die,” Hull said. “With the growth of urban migrations, we moved toward institutions.”

Instead of taking care of the sick and dying in homes, society turned to hospitals to shoulder the load. And once the sick had

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Cosgrove recently took a week off to be with a mortally ill friend, helping to usher her through the dying process.

“It was just a great loving time,” she said.

Additionally, Cosgrove said, her brother-in-law recently died from cancer.

“My sister was with him when he died, and washed his body and got it ready to go,” Cosgrove said.

“And those just contrasted so much with my youthful experiences of waving goodbye to my dad in the

died, people began to turn to morticians – who were once no more than sellers of funeral supplies – and mortuaries to handle the disposition of the corpse.

Although the switch to an industrialized approach to honoring our dead has provided benefits to grieving families, Hull said, there are drawbacks as well.

“Humans are extremely adaptable,” she said.

“We’ve adapted to the way our culture has changed.

However, it doesn’t serve us well; death isn’t something we can avoid. Death is inevitable, and that’s a reality some people like

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to stay in denial about as long as possible. People are ill prepared for their own death and especially the death of their young ones.

We get confused, we don’t know what to do. In that case the funeral industry does serve us.”

For museum director Patricia Cosgrove, “Dead” is more than just another exhibit.

“I lost a couple of people over the last year,” she said.

“As an adult, I experienced their passing so differently, in a really wonderful way.”

hospital as they pulled the plug, then leaving because that’s what they did.”

Ultimately, the exhibit – which was sponsored by the Mountain View Cemetery – does not seek to make a judgement on the validity of either the modern way of death or the way it was handled in the past.

It merely seeks to educate, Hull said.

“Any time we can expose ourselves to different aspects of the dying process helps to prepare us,” she said.

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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 27 and Sept. 3, as follows:

Aug. 27 Surprise!: 3 p.m., 620 M St. NE. Somebody swiped a lock box containing not money but urine samples from Future Visions.

Aug. 30 Controlled substance: 5:52 p.m., 4400 block of A Street Southeast. A suspicious subject – police didn’t say what he suspected – was spotted and later arrested for possessing drugs and paraphernalia.

Aug. 31 Commercial burglary: 8:02 a.m., 16th Street Northeast. A customer of Express Storage called to report that somebody had burglarized his storage unit and taken tools and a snow blower of undisclosed value.

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Shoplifting: 5:50 p.m., 1101 Supermall Way SW. Police arrested a man for shoplifting $199.89 worth of undisclosed merchandise from an undisclosed store. The guy turned out to be the star of his own warrant out of Federal Way for shoplifting.

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4:

Aug. 29 Minor fire: 7:36 p.m., (Lea Hill).

Firefighters responded to a small oven fire in the 127th block of Southeast 312th, put that fire out and aired the place. Maintenance secured the power and firefighters turned the building over to them.

Aug. 30 Aid call: 9:06 a.m., (Auburn).

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Vandalism: 11:05 a.m., 1600 block of 36th Street Southeast. A woman reported that her ex-boyfriend had intentionally rammed another man’s car at her home, damaging it, then left without exchanging the required insurance information.

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Accident: 5:01 p.m., (Pacific).

Firefighters responding to a two-car accident in the southbound lanes of Highway 167 found two vehicles that had sustained moderate damage and two patients with minor injuries.

Firefighters treated and stabilized one person at the scene and a private ambulance transported him or her to ARMC. Firefighters evaluated a sec-

Sept. 1 Burglary: Overnight, 2109 Auburn Way N. An unknown suspect smashed a glass front door to get to movies that had been left in the night drop box of an undisclosed business.

Traffic offense: 11:26 a.m., 8200 block of South 277th Street.

Police spotted a woman driving without a windshield, so they pulled her over. She explained that she had been trying to leave the area to get away from an abusive relationship with a man who, oddly enough, happened to be in the same car. She claimed to be part of FBI and FCC investigations involving the same dude, but police could not confirm her story and arrested her for driving on a suspended license and for failing to transfer her vehicle’s title.

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Sept. 2 Strong arm robbery of chain store: 12:30 p.m., 762 Supermall Drive SW. An employee received punches and kicks from a woman he or she had tried to stop outside a department store in the act of sneaking off with pilfered merchandise of undisclosed value and description. Police arrested the woman for second-degree robbery.

Sept. 3 Burglary: Overnight, 17 E. Valley Highway S. Burglars hit a construction business’ storage yard, fleeing with several hundred feet of copper wire and a 2000 Lincoln Navigator.

Police did not disclose a value for the missing items.

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Sept. 2 Aid call: 3:15 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a woman who had been stung by a bee evaluated and treated her at the scene before transporting her in stable condition to ARMC.

Sept. 3 Train derailment: 11:49 a.m., (Auburn). Multiple VRFA units responded to reports of a train derailment. Firefighters arrived in the 900 block of C Street Southwest and found that eight coal-filled train cars had derailed and were leaning off the tracks. Firefighters worked with Burlington Northern Santa Fe employees and quickly determined that there was no immediate hazard.

Firefighters turned the scene over to the railroad employees.

Sept. 4 Water leak: 6:21 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters responding to a leaking water main in front of a residence found water seeping through the roadway at a slow pace.

Firefighters determined that no danger existed for cars or people in the area. The water department arrived and surveyed the site for repairs.

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Thank you to Top Food & Drug in Lakeland Hills, Kiwanis of the Valley and Tim’s Cascade Chips for the food and fixings for our fabulous barbecue at Mud Mountain Dam Park.

The kids had a blast playing ball, climbing and jumping on the playground equipment, hiking the trail, splashing around in the wading pool and feasting on the delicious BBQ lunch.

Thank you to Seattle Aquarium and Woodland Park Zoo. This year we had a special guest chaperoning our zoo trip, Mr. Jim Blanchard, AYR executive director. He’s a man who gets into his work. Mr. Blanchard and his crew of two meandered mer-

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rily through the zoo and got lost in the verdant zoo forest later to be found safe by therapist/ adventurer Jaime Bliss.

AYR Auburn joined EYFS Enumclaw to enjoy the spirited Mariners’ game on Aug. 1.

We had several happy fishermen at Bill’s Fishin’ Hole in Orting. Trout Lodge Inc. donated the use of fishing equipment,

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Emotions aside, Parry Boogard said he felt an obligation, a sense of duty to honor fellow firefighters lost in a horrific, national tragedy that killed nearly 3,000 victims 10 years ago Sunday.

He went to see it firsthand. It left a lasting impression.

The Auburn firefighter often looks back on that painful Tuesday morning in September when terrorists attacked and destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

It’s an experience that continues to have a profound impact on the 53-year-old man, a 30-year firefighter veteran, just as it does for millions of Americans shaken by the 9/11 disaster.

Among the 2,753 victims who died in the WTC were 343 firefighters and 60 police officers from New York City and its Port Authority, and eight private emergency medical technicians and paramedics.

That hit very close to home for Boogard, a fire captain with the Auburn Fire Department in 2001.

“Whether it was in a skyscraper, on an aircraft or at the Pentagon, they will never be forgotten. Their memories live within all of us,” said Boogard, who serve as a battalion chief with the Valley Regional Fire Authority today.

Boogard and Auburn firefighter Chris Heminger were part of a Washington State Council of Fire Fighters delegation invited to attend funerals in New York City a month after the attacks. They also were able to see the WTC site to pay their respects and visit firefighters on scene who were clearing debris.

“The ghostly remains of the 1 WTC North Tower poked above the skeletal and scorched remains of 6 WTC, the Custom House,” Boogard and Heminger wrote in a detailed PowerPoint presentation they shared with a number of Auburn civic organizations upon their return 10 years ago.

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“Do you feel safer today than you did 10 years ago after the Sept. 11 attacks?”

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– Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation, on Auburn making the top 5 of America’s “most playful cities.”

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• Avoid emphasizing only “stranger danger.” The fact is most children are sexually abused by someone they know. Let your children know it’s OK for them to tell you if someone touches them inappropriately – no matter who that person might be.

• Don’t just tell your kids to

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Red-light cameras needed, appreciated As a walker of our streets, I can attest to the need to hold red-light runners accountable. [ more LETTERS page 8 ]

say “No”, make them practice it.

Children are conditioned not to “talk back” to adults. Help them feel comfortable by asking them to practice shouting “No!” or “Stop!” with you.

• Ask detailed questions of program providers. Find out how camps, sports teams, after-school activities, etc., train and screen adults who work with children.

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[8] September 9, 2011 [ klaas from page 7 ] “Smoke and steam clouds were rising through the structures and gave it a surreal perspective in a horribly real world.”

A world that had drastically changed.

Ten years later, a nation will pause to reflect and honor those lost. Locally, the VRFA, City of Auburn and the Auburn Symphony Orchestra are part of a 90-minute community commemoration.

The program – a tribute to South King County’s fire and police in remembrance of the valiant efforts of first responders surrounding the events of 9/11 – begins at 2:30 p.m. at the Auburn Performing Arts Center.

“It is a reminder that the challenges from that day still continue,” Boogard said of the significance of the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy and the lasting consequences of the disaster.

“There are still emergency service professionals who are sick and dying from the exposures/injuries they sustained 10 years ago. We cannot forget about these heroes also.”

Ten years ago, those heroes were busy at Ground Zero, removing the rubble and recovering bodies.

As visitors, Boogard and Heminger had difficulty describing – let alone comprehending – the sights, smells and atmosphere of Ground Zero.

“It is a scene of ghastly destruction and organized chaos,” Boogard recalled.

“(A firefighter) tells us that the temperatures at the bottom of the debris pile are measuring at 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit. The fire is still burning,” Boogard and Heminger chronicled.

“Red-hot beams sticking out of the debris are burning fire fighters with conducted heat as they attempt debris removal.

“Our first stop was by the remains of 2 WTC, the South Tower,” they continued. “The remains of the facade, back lit by huge work lights with smoke and steam wafting through it, created a surreal picture that will remain with me for the rest of my life.”

The area was devastated, a mangled mess that presented a daunting challenge for recovery efforts.

Dante’s Inferno “Four skyscrapers were totally involved in fire simultaneously with all of the peripheral buildings around the WTC heavily damaged and scorched,” Boogard and Heminger wrote. “I keep thinking that there was a view into Dante’s Inferno, and it was here.”

Later, at a funeral attended by more than 500 uniformed personnel from throughout the country, Boogard described the ceremony: “There is no casket at this memorial either. We find out through our conversations that there have been no bodies or caskets for the past week, simply memorials for the loved ones

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KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to building and renovating playgrounds, and the USA Weekend magazine, recently drew up the list of the big five.

Auburn shares the “playful city distinction” with some big cities: Columbus, Ohio, Hartford, Conn., San Francisco, Calif. and Orlando, Fla. Auburn can boast of 90 public play spaces and numerous parks, among them the Les Gove Community Campus and the 32,000-square-foot Discovery Playground.

The playground opened in June 2010, much to the delight of thousands of children. It features accessible surfacing, play opportunities that support all levels of development, elevated sand tables, water and auditory elements, cozy spots to gather, areas to swing, spin, balance,

A year later, in October 2002, Boogard was invited to Madison Square Garden as a fire department honor guard representative to participate in the official 9/11 memorial service. He said he felt a significant sense of belonging to the brotherhood and sisterhood of the firefighting community while there.

“It reinforced to me a greater appreciation of those who are close to us, and at times are not appreciated as they should be,” Boogard said. “Even though we are well trained and equipped, firefighting is inherently dangerous. You never know when you’ll face a life-or-death situation as did FDNY members on 9/11.”

As a leader with the VRFA, Boogard places a greater emphasis on firefighter safety and survival today. He also has a greater appreciation of the magnitude and scope of the decision-making that goes on each day – and those that occurred on that fateful day 10 years ago.

“To put it very simply: They were damned if they did, and damned if they didn’t,” he said of the illfated fire and rescue operations at the WTC on 9/11.

“They acted as they were trained and compelled to do, save lives. … Unfortunately, 343 FDNY members paid the ultimate price.”

[ WILCOX from page 7 ] • Stay vigilant. Even when parents do everything right in talking to their kids about inappropriate touching, children can always be vulnerable to stronger, manipulative adults. Look for warning signs like sexual actingout with other children, sudden fear of people or places, or abrupt changes

With only 1-in-5 children in the U.S. living within walking distance of a park or playground, 151 cities and towns, including Auburn, earned recognition from national nonprofit KaBOOM! as 2011 Playful City USA communities for their efforts to increase play opportunities for kids. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter roll and play. Tactile surfaces and a sensory garden include an integrated system of spaces devoted to the five senses.

USA Weekender let readers know that the city also offers a water park, a climbing wall, bocce courts and a disc golf course. Game Farm Park hosts the annual Petpain behavior like bedwetting.

• Educate yourself. This article is just a start. Ask your child’s school or pediatrician for in-depth resources to learn more about how to talk to your children and what to watch for.

Since 1909, Childhaven has been a safe and caring place for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Today,

looza, a yearly pet festival, which more than 14,000 people and their critters make a point of attending every year.

You can bet every face at the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation Department wore a big smile Thursday.

“What’s it like to have Auburn featured as one of five cities in a publication that goes to 49.5 million readers in 800 newspapers?” asked Daryl Faber, director of Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation? “It’s great. When you’re a parks and recreation department and you’re recognized by a national publication for having great parks and playgrounds and programs, it’s just great.

“We’re a three-time recipient of Playground Cities USA, and so this kind of came out of that. I think there were maybe 100 cities nationwide they were looking at,” Faber said. “We definitely have some good things going on. …” more story online… auburn-reporter.com

Childhaven is a community leader, statewide advocate and national model in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

For more information, call 206-624-6477 or visit the website at www.childhaven.org.

Maria Chavez Wilcox, president of Childhaven and a child sexual abuse survivor.

Auburn Regional welcomes surgeon Orthopedic surcare and arthroscopy. geon Ada Cheung, She is a graduate of MD, has joined the the Yale University Regional Medical School of Medicine Clinic Orthopedic and did her internCenter at Auburn ship and residency Regional Medical at the University of Center.

North Carolina HosCheung is board- Cheung pitals, Chapel Hill. certified and brings Cheung’s clinic is more than 15 years of surgilocated in the Auburn Recal experience in all aspects gional Medical Plaza at 121 of orthopedic care, including N. Division Street. She can joint replacement, fracture be reached at 253-218-4940.

[ LETTERS from page 7 ] On several occasions, my wife and I, only due to our attentiveness to driver behavior, have avoided being sent to the hospital.

Right-turn drivers feel a DONATE TODAY: Auburn Food Bank, 930 18th Place NE. For more information or to volunteer, call 253-833-8925 or visit www. theauburnfoodbank.org.

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Human behavior changes slowly, three to five years, according to researchers in the area of human behavior.

The red-light camera program must be in effect for a longer time to determine if these drivers will yield to “fines” better than yielding to human suffering.

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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.

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.

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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 Rummage Sale: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sept. 9, 10. St. Matthew/San Mateo Episcopal Church, 123 L St. NE. Furniture, clothes and housewares.

“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.

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. For more information, call 253-833-5366 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. Sponsorships available. 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.

Seniors Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. 253-931-3016 or www.auburnwa.gov.

Senior activities include: • Community building: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 27. Senior Services hosts a community gathering to support boomers as they age. Ideal participants are boomer aged, community orientated and interested in helping create a community that is wonderful to grow old in. Together a vision is created of a community that will support people as they age and action teams are formed to make the vision become reality. More info is available at www.seniorservices. org. Click on Aging Your Way to register.

• 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. Program presented by the Auburn Senior Wellness Team and Auburn Regional Medical Center.

Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sept. 27, Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th St., Auburn. For more information, call 1-877-242-5663 or visit www.crbs. net/home.

Puget Sound Blood Center drives: 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.

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 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, Monday-Friday, 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 253-931-3043, 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.

Marx Brothers Film Series, “Duck Soup”: 7:30 p.m., Sept. 22, Auburn Ave Theater, 10 Auburn Ave. The Marx Brothers’ purest and most insane film.

This pointed political satire contains some of the brothers’ most famous sequences. Tickets: $3. Save with the Groucho Package of film series and live performance for $20, $18. Call Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation at 253-931-3043, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.5 p.m., or online at Brown Paper Tickets.

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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playground, she would simply turn and look in our direction. A nod or quick affirmation from her mother or me gave her sufficient motivation to make her next move. I remember watching Kysa carefully navigate the twisty slide steps while less reserved children pushed by her. I couldn’t help but feel trepidation concerning how she would fare in school.

When she is away from us, who will watch over our beautiful, thoughtful, shy little girl? As a new parent, the thought of Kysa experiencing a life outside of our oversight seemed foreign and even frightening. This is one of the reasons I keenly remember her first day of preschool, Sept. 11, 2001.

It was our first big day.

Her first day to head out into the big unknown world and my first day to entrust her into a world that extended far beyond my watchful eyes. As much as every parent must learn to guard, protect and defend, they must also learn to release, surrender and entrust their child into God’s care.

With her new, oversized backpack securely fitted to her back, I watched my Kysa head off to preschool,

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Sept. 11, 2011 is the 10th anniversary of my eldest daughter Kysa’s first day of preschool. Ten years ago, Kysa was a very thoughtful, but somewhat shy little four-year old girl.

Today she is still extremely thoughtful. Her shyness disappeared shortly after entering school.

So far it shows no signs of returning.

Being the first child of four, Kysa received a fair amount of extra first-child attention. Firstborn children are often greeted with new parent oversight that vacillates between excessive nurturing to oppressive smothering.

Firstborn children quickly learn someone is always watching them.

Even if their surveillance is nurturing, perpetual parental oversight tends to imply high expectations.

Consequently, firstborn children usually spend less time trying to gain attention then they do trying to live a life worthy of the attention they are being given. It is not surprising that many firstborn are selflabeled perfectionists.

In the first few years of her life, Kysa didn’t have to use many words to get our attention. Instead of screaming “Mom, mom, mom!” across the crowded

DEVON HANVEY OF AUBURN is among the George Fox University Concert Choir members who will travel to New York City this month to sing at “A Concert of Commemoration,” a memorial event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, on Sunday. The choir will join with an additional 150 singers and soloists to perform Rene Clausen’s “Memorial,”

into the uncertainty of a life yet to be discovered, into a life impossible to control.

There were other events that happened on Sept.

11, 2001. Events that also should and will be remembered. My 10-year commemoration will be different.

I will not give terrorists, liars, murderers and thieves the privilege of defining Sept. 11. No, today I will give my best words to life, hope and love. I will speak of my love for God, my love for family and my love for God’s creation. I will proclaim my indomitable confidence in the goodness of God. On Sept. 11, 2001, my eldest daughter Kysa went to her first day of preschool.

She came home smiling and full of joy. That picture of joy is where I will begin and end the day … after the planes crash, the buildings crumble and the tears flow, I chose to hold onto the memory of my shy little girl’s first big adventure into the great big wonderful unknown.

“Live from Seattle with Doug Bursch” can be heard 4-6 p.m. weekdays on KGNW 820 AM. Doug Bursch also pastors Evergreen Foursquare Church. Evergreen meets at 10 a.m. Sundays at 2407 M St. SE next to Pioneer Elementary School. He can be reached at www.fairlyspiritual. org or doug@fairlyspiritual.org.

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“The World Trade Center should, because of its importance,” he continued, “become a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.”

Obviously, it never occurred to Yamasaki that his World Trade Center towers would be seen as a “living symbol” of American evil, according to those who conspired to destroy the twin 110-story towers in the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack.

The 9/11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide missions by al-Qaeda terrorists on the United States. On that morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four passenger jets and intentionally crashed two planes into the World Trade Center’s two towers, killing everyone

of people working in the buildings. Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others.

A third plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia. Hijackers had redirected the fourth plane toward Washington, D.C., targeting either the Capitol Building or the White House, but crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa., after passengers tried to take control of the plane.

There were no survivors from any of the flights.

Nearly 3,000 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks. Among the 2,753 victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center were 343 firefighters and 60 police officers from New York City and the Port Authority and eight private emergency medical technicians and paramedics.

Another 184 people were killed in the attack on the

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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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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 #522000.

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Pentagon. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals from more than 70 countries.

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exterior columns could no longer support the buildings, causing them to collapse.

The possibility of a jet plane flying into the Twin Towers was actually talked about and studied before Yamasaki designed the buildings. World Trade Center critics had warned of an off-course airplane, which is why they were designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707. The buildings also survived a 1993 explosion of a terrorist truck bomb in the WTC garage with little structural damage.

Twin Towers falling Yamasaki’s design of the Twin Towers received criticism after the building collapse in 2001.

A federal technical building and fire safety investigation of the Twin Towers was conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following the attacks.

The goals of the investigation were to determine why the buildings collapsed, the extent of injuries and fatalities, and the procedures involved in designing and managing the World Trade Center. The investigation into the collapse of the Twin Towers was concluded in October 2005.

The NIST found that the fireproofing on the Twin Towers’ steel infrastructures was blown off by the initial impact of the planes and that, had this not occurred, the towers would likely have remained standing. A study published by researchers of Purdue University confirmed that, if the thermal insulation on the core columns were scoured off and column temperatures were elevated to approximately 1,292 degrees, the fire would have been sufficient to initiate collapse.

W. Gene Corley, the director of the original investigation, commented: “The towers really did amazingly well. The terrorist aircraft didn’t bring the buildings down; it was the fire which followed. It was proven that you could take out

Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of “New Formalism.”

Yamasaki was born in Seattle as a second-generation Japanese American to John Tsunejiro Yamasaki and Hana Yamasaki. He grew up in Auburn and attended Auburn High School.

He enrolled in the University of Washington program in architecture in 1929, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1934. He earned money to pay for his tuition by working at an Alaskan salmon cannery during the summers.

After moving to New York City later in the 1930s, Yamasaki enrolled at New York University for a master’s degree in architecture and got a job with the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, designers of the Empire State Building.

In 1945, Yamasaki moved to Detroit, where he was hired by Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. The firm helped Yamasaki avoid internment as a Japanese-American during World War II. He also sheltered his parents in New York City during this time. Yamasaki left the Detroit firm in 1949 and started his own partnership.

Yamasaki was first married in 1941 and had two other wives before marrying his first wife again in 1969. He died of stomach cancer in 1986. His firm, Yamasaki & Associates, closed on Dec. 31, 2009.

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Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) was an architectural pioneer in both his professional and personal lives. courtesy photos two-thirds of the columns in a tower and the building would still stand.”

The fires weakened the trusses supporting the floors, making the floors sag. The sagging floors pulled on the exterior steel columns to the point where exterior columns bowed inward, according to Wikipedia.

With the damage to the core columns, the buckling

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In 1962, the Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) solicited Yamasaki’s proposal for a vast new “World Trade Center at an estimated cost of $280 million.”

Under pressure from local critics, competing building owners and demands for higher revenue potential, the World Trade Center “program” steadily expanded in capacity and scale. Yamasaki and his staff labored on scores of designs, including an approach resembling his controversial Rainier Square and bank tower in Seattle, which rises to 40 stories atop a fluted pedestal from a low retail complex, not unlike a rectangular pencil driven into the ground, according to Crowley.

The Port of New York finally decided nothing would do short of the world’s tallest buildings, and Yamasaki closed in on his ultimate design of twin 110-story towers set within a broad public plaza and framed by lower secondary structures, Crowley wrote.

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It’s one thing to be a good athlete, it’s another to combine the mental aspects and leadership skills necessary to become a great player.

An exceptional athlete, Auburn’s Isia Johnson is ready to put it all together and reach for excellence on the volleyball court.

“My goal this year is to step up and help get us to state,” said Johnson, the Trojans’ 5-foot-11 senior standout. “I need to be a leader … and, as a captain, guide them in the right way.”

Last year the Trojans struggled through a bumpy South Puget Sound League North 4A schedule, finishing sixth with a 3-5 record.

Although Johnson played well, earning a nod to the all-SPSL North 4A second team, there was room for improvement.

“Last year Isia would kind of get frustrated with herself,” said coach Kim Farris.

Already this season, Farris has noticed a more mature Johnson.

“She’s just mellow,” she said. “If she messes up, she just kind of moves on and gets back to playing. She’s committed to volleyball this

year, and we’ve kind of gone over what she has to improve on to play at the next level.”

Johnson, the younger sister of Auburn boys basketball star Iszia “Zeke” Johnson, grew up on the basketball court.

“I’ve been playing since before I can remember,” said Johnson, who also starts for the Trojans’ basketball team.

In the eighth grade she decided to turn out for volleyball.

“I thought I’d try something different from my brother,” she said.

Johnson made a smooth transition. By the ninth grade, she was playing for the Saturday Warriors club team.

She also made Auburn’s varsity squad as a freshman, where she and her teammates struggled through a 2-10 season.

As a sophomore, Johnson made the all-SPSL North 4A second team and helped the Trojans to a second-place league finish with a 6-2 record.

Although the Trojans showed promise last season, they struggled to put the pieces together, partially due to having trouble getting the ball to their talented hitters.

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Auburn Mountainview looks to capitalize on the experience gained from its 18-6 campaign a year ago with a strong core of returning starters, including a pair of promising newcomers, to compete for the state title.

The Lions return last year’s SPSL 3A MVP Kelsey Fausko, a 6-foot-1 senior middle blocker. Senior cocaptain Courtney Schroeder, an SPSL 3A honorable mention performer, returns, as does junior setter Sam Odren, an SPSL 3A firstteamer, and senior 6-foot outside hitter Caitlin Carr, a

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“You can definitely sense in Courtney, Kelsey and Caitlin that ‘this is our senior year and this is our opportunity.

Let’s not let it slip by,’” Bowles said.

Bowles said the team will look to its big hitters to create offense and compensate for the loss of defensive specialist Alex Odren, who graduated last year.

“We’re just looking to really get a great swing (with the ball),” Bowles said. “The more we swing and (become) offensive, hopefully the more we can take other teams out of their system. Hopefully, with time that will enable us to get better at our defensive game. Obviously, we’re going to have a different approach to the game this year.”

Bowles said the team will substitute less, with her

[ ravens from page 15] Puget Sound League North 4A race with a 6-2 record last season, made some noise in the district playoffs before meeting elimination.

Despite the loss of outside hitter Brooklyn Bradbury and Maureen Sachs to graduation, Auburn Riverside will reload behind Alison Wuerch, a 6-foot senior middle hitter and SPSL North 4A firstteam selection last season.

Joining Wuerch will be returning starters Lauren Johnson, a 5-9 senior outside hitter, and Brenna

offensive players staying in the game longer, rather than sitting out while her defensive specialists take the court.

“It will be a new experience for us, but it also keeps the girls in the game,” she said. “It keeps them in the moment.

Sometimes when you sub that much it can hurt you.”

In addition to the team’s returning starters, the Lions will turn to a pair of sophomore hitters – 6-1 Molly Cichosz and 6-0 Maya Williamson – to contribute. “(Molly’s) gotten better playing club ball in the offseason, and she’s grown an inch,” Bowles said. “She’ll be playing outside and getting some swings on the ball. (Maya) is very athletic in the middle and will be mainly focusing on blocking to start, then getting more offensive.”

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Bruil, a 5-10 junior middle hitter.

Although coach Chris Leverenz is confident her squad has the firepower needed to get through a difficult league schedule, it’s all about getting the ball to the hitters.

“Our setters are extremely talented and are getting better every day. Their ceiling is very high,” Leverenz said. “They just need lots of time with my hitters.”

The Ravens look to either freshman Carson Heilborn or sophomore Lexi White to distribute the ball.

With just three returning start-

ranking in the Seattle Times 3A state poll, Auburn Mountainview won’t be sneaking up on anybody this year. But that’s just fine with Bowles and her team.

“We don’t focus too much on that,” she said. “Our program focuses on getting better, and the volleyball takes care of itself.

“If you can establish friendship first, then when the chips are down, you know you have your best chance.

These girls really respect each other and support each other, so we’re feeling that not only will we play good volleyball this year, we’re going to have a lot of fun.”

The Lions will host the Adidas Invitational on Saturday.

They kick off league play Sept. 22 with a 7 p.m. home match against Peninsula.

ers, the key to Auburn Riverside’s journey will be gaining experience and confidence, Leverenz said.

“We have work to do on the confidence level,” she said. “I need a little more fire and a little more ‘get-after-it’ attitude.”

The Ravens compete at the Adidas Invitational at Auburn Mountainview on Saturday. Auburn Riverside travels to Rogers of Puyallup on Tuesday and hosts Spanaway Lake on Thursday in nonleague action. Both matches begin at 7:15 p.m.

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[ trojans from page 15] Johnson and Good have emerged as natural leaders.

“We’re pretty young but pretty talented,” she said. “We’re going to be stronger hitters than some of the other teams out there. As long as we get our passes there, which is what we’ve been working on, our offense will be pretty strong.”

Kelsey Zager, a junior transfer from Kentlake, will help distribute the ball.

For the Trojans, improvement and confidence will come with

time. The expectation is to reach the postseason.

“Our focus is on going to the playoffs, that’s what our goal is,” Farris said. “We need to work hard at practice every single day so we can get to the playoffs.”

For Johnson, it’s all about taking advantage of her senior year and recognizing it’s her last chance to share a bit of glory with her team.

“It’s kind of made me more intense,” she said. “I know it’s not just about me now, it’s about my team. It’s a whole other level of maturity for me.”

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Greg is survived by his wife Shelley, parents Marian and Charles Tamburello, children Bridgette and Olivia and grandchildren Rulon, Dallas and Madisyn. Greg also had one brother, Michael, and two sisters, Marcy Martino and Carrie Oles.

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Walter Edison Pace, 80, of Auburn, Washington, went to be with the Lord September 2, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 2, 1931, in Hendersonville, N.C. On July 15, 1951 he married Donna Williams.

He served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years retiring in 1972. After his discharge, he was employed as an LPN until retirement. He is survived by his wife, Donna Pace, his children, Pamela Smith of Enumclaw, WA, Cheri Wood of Graham, WA, Donald Pace of Lakewood,WA, Gregory Pace of Tacoma,WA, and Belinda Cooper of Enumclaw, WA, 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

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She graduated from Auburn High School in 1955 and retired from the Auburn School District as a bus driver in 1996.

Dolly was preceded in death by her parents; Chet and Nina Bates and brothers Richard “Dick” Bates and Paul Bates. She is survived by her long time partner Hans Holm, her daughters Debbie Thomas, and Rhonda (Michael) Wibmer, as well as four grandchildren; Brandon Thomas, Brianna (Drew) Harris, Mikayla Wibmer, Chase Wibmer, and great-grandson Daltyn Harris.

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A recent study published in the British Medical Journal further supports the claim that chocolate is healthy.

Researchers reviewed and analyzed seven studies with more than 114,000 participants. Conclusions: Individuals who consume chocolate have a 37-percent reduction in cardiovascular disease, and a 29-percent decline in stroke.

How can chocolate be healthy? Chocolate contains Flavonoids (also contained in fruits, vegetables, green tea, red wine), which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals.* In addition, chocolate contains a chemical called Theobromine, that can decrease blood pressure by dilating arteries.

Chocolate also can help reduce the bad cholesterol called LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) by as much as 10 percent. In addition, chocolate possesses antiplatelet activity, similar to the effects of an aspirin; it helps prevent platelet clumping, allowing blood to flow more freely throughout vessels.

Consuming chocolate in moderation is the key; 100 grams, or 3.5 ounces a day.

Dark chocolate contains the most Flavonoids (approximately eight times the amount contained in strawberries), followed by milk chocolate, than white.

Unfortunately, chocolate is high in calories. One dark chocolate candy bar contains about 400 calories. Additional ingredients like caramel and marshmallow, although certainly tasty, unfortunately add more fat and calories, making that chocolate bar just a little less healthy.

Lastly, avoid drinking milk with chocolate.

Research has shown that milk can inhibit the anti-

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