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VOL. 13, NO. 389
F E D E R A L WAY
DIVISION OF SOUND PUBLISHING
OPINION | Hobbs: Federal Way autumn horoscope [4] Guest column: Why do we put teachers last? [4] More letters online SCHOOL NEWS | Federal Way schools brace for big budget reductions [2]
School district will ask voters for help in 2012 BY GREG ALLMAIN
One levy will renew taxpayer support, another will rebuild FW High School
gallmain@fedwaymirror.com
Federal Way Public Schools is preparing to put two ballot propositions before the voters on Feb. 14, 2012. The first, known as the Education Programs and Operations (EPO) levy, is a continuation of a current levy Federal Way taxpay-
ers approved three years ago, but is set to expire in 2012. The second will be a capital levy to help with the renovation/rebuilding of Federal Way High School. Sally McLean, assistant superintendent for business services, explained both levy proposals and
their impact on the community. “We are seeking to place two ballot propositions in front of our voters. One is what I refer to as the replacement education programs and operations levy because quite frankly, our educational programs and operations
levy is spent primarily on things that many of us would argue are basic educational costs,” McLean told the school board Oct. 25. For the EPO levy, McLean said as of now, the district plans to make it a two-year levy that asks for somewhere between $45 mil-
Jury finds ex-con guilty in shooting
Volunteers target human trafficking in Federal Way area BY ANDY HOBBS editor@federalwaymirror.com
BY CASEY OLSON colson@fedwaymirror.com
A convicted East Coast drug dealer is guilty of murder in the second degree after the shooting death of a 24-year-old man last year in Federal Way. Alfonso V. Senior, 30, was convicted by a jury earlier this week following a trial at the Regional Justice Center. Darrell Deon Webster was shot in the head at a gas station at 2125 SW 356th St. in Federal Way on Oct. 16, 2010, after a fight over a woman. Senior, who was also found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm second degree, is slated to be sentenced by Judge John Erlick at 9 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Regional Justice Center. [ more GUILTY, page 6 ]
Pictured above: At an assembly Wednesday at Lakota Middle School, Herb Hartso blows up a heating pad in an effort comparable to inflating a tire on an 18-wheeler. Pictured left: Dr. Andre Sims finishes ripping a phone book in half at the Lakota assembly.
Muscle men take Federal Way by storm this week
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lion and $53 million. If the district is able to ask for $45 million, then the impact would be minimal to taxpayers because it would essentially be the same levy they’ve supported over the past few years. The $53 million number is in play, McLean said, because of possible cuts to what’s known as [ more LEVY, page 6 ]
The Strength Team, a group of professional athletes from various athletic backgrounds, will be in Federal Way until Sunday, Oct. 30. They held school assemblies all week, and at 7 p.m. nightly, they’ll host an all-out display of muscles and steel at the Decatur High School gymnasium, 2800 SW 320th St. The event is for all age groups. Watch them break baseball bats, rip telephone books and chop bricks with their bare hands, all while delivering a message of hope, perseverance and honor. Contact Dr. Andre Sims at (253) 202-1750 or (253) 835-9202 or rusaved@reachone.com. PHOTOS BY CASEY OLSON, The Mirror
A community action team has formed to address human trafficking — which refers to sex slavery and forced labor — in the Federal Way area. The team is a partnership between Washington Engage, an anti-human trafficking group, and Women of Vision, a volunteer ministry of World Vision. To lessen the demand for human trafficking, the new community action team has two primary goals: education and law enforcement support. The team will soon present a proposal to the Federal Way School Board for adding the subject to student curriculum. Ideally, volunteers would present a workshop titled “Deceptions: Exposing the lures of child sex trafficking and Internet dangers” to health classes in middle and high schools. The program would run three days, discussing everything from statistics to Internet dangers to techniques for grooming victims to the link between pornography and the demand for prostitution. Deceptions is intended to help teachers and students understand the scope of the
human trafficking problem. Action team co-founder Brenda Oliver said the program is based on “out-ofthe-box interaction” rather than lectures. Oliver also wants to start a Not For Sale chapter in Federal Way to promote more activism. Team co-founder Karen Marion encountered human trafficking while teaching at Todd Beamer High School. Two of her students had worked Pacific Highway as prostitutes. She recalled one local student from Morocco who was a victim of labor trafficking. “People aren’t aware. Our goal is to try to educate our community,” Marion said at a team meeting Oct. 25. Another goal for the team is to find more local housing options for victims because the nearest “safe house” is in Burien. Washington Engage is working to establish similar action teams across the state. This cultivation of a grass-roots network is intended to engage citizens, with the hope of bringing more ideas for eradicating human trafficking at the local levels. To learn about the Federal Way community action team, contact Karen Marion at kmarion@waengage.com or (253) 815-2477.