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Babysitter pleads guilty to assault of a child BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Dotty Marie Reed pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to assault of a child first degree for assaulting a then 9-month-old baby she’d been babysitting on May 20, 2010 in
Auburn. Judge Cheryl Carey will sentence Reed, now 20, at 9 a.m., Feb. 1 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. Reed could spend between 93 and 123 months in prison. Prosecutors will recommend
123 months. The baby, Colby Thompson, survived but is disabled. According to court documents, Reed was babysitting Colby and his older sister May 20, 2010 at her home when she called 911 to report that the child would not
wake up and would stop breathing when she laid him down. Arriving Valley Regional Fire Authority medics found the baby unresponsive and limp. Medics airlifted the baby to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with a subdural
hematoma, a subarachnoid hemorrhage and retinal hemorrhaging, injuries that didn’t mesh with Reed’s claim that she’d only set him down on the floor too hard. Prosecutors said that only Reed could have caused such injuries. [ more BABYSITTER page 4 ]
Auburn’s Hirabayashi, World War II internment opponent, passes away BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Gordon Hirabayashi meant to follow the rules. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Hirabayashi, a 24-yearold senior at the University of Washington and a 1937 Auburn High School graduate, defied an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt mandating an 8 p.m. curfew for all people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast. And in May 1942 when the government issued its
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Tap-dancing troupe coming to town
Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant, above, fields a question from a student during an assembly at Evergreen Heights Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Trufant visited the school to promote the importance of breakfast consumption – part of the Washington State Dairy Council’s campaign in conjunction with the NFL’s Fuel Up to Play 60 effort, an in-school nutrition and physical education program. The event concluded with the Council awarding a $7,000 Fuel Up to Play 60 grant to the Auburn School District. Right, third-grader Michael Johnson and his classmates came dressed for the occasion. Story, page 2. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
BY SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
The Rhythmic Circus dance troupe swings into Auburn, bringing its brand of tapdance, music and performance to the Performing Arts
New mayor, council go to work in Pacific BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com
As the unlikely winner of a close, heated election in November, Cy Sun knows an even tougher battle looms in the weeks and months ahead.
Pacific’s new mayor knows there’s no honeymoon, and that he has a lot to learn. Amid a dustup surrounding his military record as a decorated Korean War veteran, 81-year-old Sun took the gavel and struggled through the steps
of his first City Council meeting Monday night. “It went OK,” he said afterward, “it’s a process.” Business as usual, for the most part, he said. [ more PACIFIC page 4 ]
infamous order for forced removal to internment camps of all people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, Hirabayashi once again intended to go along. “But then I thought, ‘If I couldn’t accept curfew, how can I accept this thing? It’s even worse. I’m not going to allow my citizenship to be usurped without my protest. I’m going to stand up for my rights.’ Immediately I knew I couldn’t board the bus,” Hirabayashi later said. So he refused to board [ more HIRABAYASHI page 3 ]
Center on Jan. 21, part of the Bravo Performing Arts Series. “Audiences can expect tap dancing and music of a wide variety of genres,” said Ricci Milan, artistic director and dancer with Rhythmic Circus. “They can expect laughs and they can expect the unexpected.” [ more CIRCUS page 7 ]
Getting up to speed: Councilmember Leanne Guier assists newly elected Pacific Mayor Cy Sun during his first City Council meeting. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter