Auburn Reporter, October 21, 2011

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Community mourns loss of young leader he truly embodied the competitive spirit and strength of character that we attempt Cameron Christian to instill in our studenttouched the lives of many. athletes.” Whether they were his According to the Idaho baseball and football teamState Police, Christian was mates, classmates or the chil- traveling in his 2003 Toyota dren he worked with Camry westbound on as a volunteer for the Highway 2 at about Boys and Girls Club, 12:30 a.m. just east of Christian had a smile Priest River at milefor everyone. post 7, when he evaFriends and family sively steered for an of Christian, 22, who unknown reason and died in a car acciover corrected. He dent early Sunday in went in to a side-slide Idaho, will honor the Christian over the eastbound life of the 2007 Aulane and off the road. burn High School graduate The vehicle then overturned and sports star at a memoand struck a tree. rial service Saturday. The According to police, alcotribute begins at 11 a.m. at hol was not a factor and he the Auburn Performing Arts was wearing a seat belt. Center, 700 E. Main St. Christian was born on “The Auburn High School Feb. 7, 1989 in Renton. athletic community is According to family, he came shocked and saddened by into the world a fighter – Cam’s tragic and untimely being pronounced a “miracle death,” said Auburn football birth” by the doctor. coach Gordon Elliott. “Cam He lived life fully, swinging was a very accomplished ath- a bat, carrying his mitt, lete in football and baseball. However, Cam’s legacy is that [ more CHRISTIAN page 9 ] BY SHAWN SKAGER

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Sandbag party Carol Aguilar, above, president of the Pacific Partnership, spends her Saturday morning loading sandbags to protect her Pacific home from the flood-prone White River. Ben Apata, left, joins his mother, Tracy, wheeling around sandbags. Volunteers reinforced and made repairs to the sandbag flood wall behind the White River Estates homes on the Pierce County Line in Pacific last weekend. Two years ago, volunteers placed more than 45,000 sandbags along the county line to prevent floodwater. CHARLES CORTES, Auburn Reporter more photos online… auburn-reporter.com

Pacific candidates square off in debate an alternative to incumbent Joshua Putnam, Position 6. Cline’s embarrassing performance Three candidates for Pacific had the effect of turning the evening City Council and two mayoral into a debate between Mayor Richard contestants showed up for a Hildreth and John C. Jones, who debate last week at the Pacific hopes to take his job away, with nary Hildreth Jones Gymnasium. a nod to the empty chair set aside for Beyond arguments made, no-show mayoral candidate Cy Sun. the night was notable for Council candidate Councilman Clint Steiger, Position 3, was Kevin Cline politely but repeatedly declining to present for the debate but is running unopposed. answer questions because he hadn’t had time to [ more DEBATE page 9 ] study the issues. He said was in the race to offer BY ROBERT WHALE

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Race is on to settle 2 City Council races BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Auburn voters will decide who they want to represent them on the Auburn City Council in the Nov. 8 general election. While political newcomer Largo Wales and incumbent Bill Peloza are running unopposed, there are two contested races on the ballot with

plenty to grip the interest of voters. For starters, there is the race for Position 5 between feisty Council incumbent and retired Boeing worker Virginia Haugen and her opponent, John Hayes Holman, a retired police officer with the Port of Seattle, who helped set up a new police force in Baghdad. The race for Position 7, now held by Lynn Norman, who isn’t seeking reelection, pits retired air traffic controller and political newcomer [ more RACES page 4 ]

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