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OPINION | Roegner: Political maneuvering at City Hall [4] Palmer: Power outage brings bliss [4] Letters: School levies [4] SEX IN THE SUBURBS | Girl power can make the community a better place [8] ARTS | Symphony’s Swing Band Concert returns, along with Concert for Tots [21]

SPORTS | Gymnastics updates, plus: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012 FW Hall of Fame inducts five more [10]

Public discusses levy pros, cons

Woman accused of dumping cleaner on baby’s face

in 2012. About 80 percent of this levy money goes gallmain@fedwaymirror.com to basic education. The With the Feb. 14 special other levy is a six-year $60 election fast approaching, million capital levy that the conversation continues will help rebuild Federal over the pros and cons of Way High School. Some the two levy measures of the money will be for Federal Way earmarked to help Public Schools.

ELECTION build play strucThe Educational tures and play areas Programs and at 19 of the district’s Operations (EPO) elementary schools. levy will continue Steve Edmiston, a what Federal Way taxpayparent who has one child ers are already paying for in the school district and the general operations of another who graduated, schools. The school district supports the levies because seeks a $53 million levy of his own experiences in that will last two years. The being in a school district current levy was approved where levy proposals failed. three years ago and expires [ more LEVY, page 9 ]

BY GREG ALLMAIN

MIRROR STAFF REPORTS

A four-week-old baby suffered chemical burns after laundry detergent was allegedly dumped on her face by a baby-sitter.

Around noon Jan. 10, Federal Way police responded to a 911 call at 29225 Military Road South.

Upon entering the apartment of Mabinty Williams, officers saw the baby on a couch, with white powder piled on the baby’s face and in her eyes, mouth and ears.

According to charging papers, officers could hear the baby gasping. They began to brush away the powder and saw the baby’s eyes were red and swollen.

There were apparent chemical burns on the baby’s mouth, and a small amount of blood was present. South King Fire and Rescue was [ more BABY, page 22 ] Due to the change in delivery, your Mirror will arrive between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Fridays. If you do not have your paper by 5 p.m., please call (253) 872-6610 or email us at circulation@federalwaymirror.com.

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NEWS

Ryan Thomas of Federal Way’s Public Works department helps clear a fallen tree from a snowy and icy S. 333rd Street on the morning of Jan. 19. COURTESY PHOTO

SNOW SURVIVORS Thousands lose power for days after winter storm strikes

Parts of Federal Way received up to 5.5 inches of snow last week, followed by freezing rain that caked everything An estimated 250,000 homes and in ice. Trees snapped and power lines businesses in the Puget Sound region collapsed under the extra weight from lost power Jan. 19 following a massnow and ice. Dozens of PSE crews sive snow and ice storm. worked round the clock to reFederal Way was among the NEWS store power, and assistance even hardest-hit areas. Puget Sound arrived from out of state.

Energy reports that nearly Federal Way’s municipal 30,000 customers in Federal Way services kept busy. Public works lost power, zapping homes and crews plowed arterial roads and businesses across the city. Thousands cleared fallen trees. of customers survived the weekend At the peak of the storms last week, without power, and even as of WednesSouth King Fire and Rescue fielded day afternoon, PSE reported that 974 nearly 300 calls in one 24-hour period. customers still lacked power. PSE’s goal Most calls came from residents who was to restore all power by Jan. 25. [ more SNOW, page 20 ]

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Coyotes: FW resident wants to shoot them

BY GREG ALLMAIN gallmain@federalwaymirror.com

Federal Way citizen Donald Barovic has a problem.

A coyote problem.

According to Barovic, coyotes prowl his property, killing and eating his livestock. The 84-year-old Barovic has spoken to the council before regarding this issue, requesting clarity on how he can defend his livestock if he’s not allowed to use a firearm.

Barovic was back in City Hall on Jan. 16 during the council’s meeting to warn of the coyotes coming into the city. Barovic said the city code makes it an arduous process to try and properly protect his animals.

In Washington, coyotes occupy almost every conceivable habitat type, from open ranch country to densely forested areas to downtown waterfront, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. COURTESY PHOTO “I would like to know why I can’t use a 12-gauge shotgun with seven and a half shot, that has only about 100 yards of range, [ more COYOTES, page 22 ]

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Same-sex marriage bill gets decisive Senate vote

By GREG ALLMAIN

the state Senate the necessary 25 votes to pass the legislation and make it state law. State Sen. Tracey Eide (D-Federal Way) is among the “yes” votes.

Washington would become the STATE seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage, following in the footsteps of New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

SB 6239, and its House counterpart, HB 2516, would allow same-sex couples to begin getting legally married in June, barring any opposition groups obstructing the passage of the proposed law. Those currently in a domestic partnership would have until 2014 to either dissolve their partnership or get married. If they do nothing, they would become legally married in 2014.

For HB 2516, Federal Way area State Reps. Mark Miloscia (Democrat) and Katrina Asay (Republican) plan to vote no, sources say.

Both bills have provisions that would not require religious organizations to perform same-sex marriages, and accordingly, would not punish such organizations for choosing not to perform the marriage ceremonies of same-sex couples.

Haugen, in a release from the Washington State Senate Democrats blog, said the choice was a difficult one, but the right one.

“I have very strong Christian beliefs, and personally I have always said when I accepted the Lord, I became more tolerant of others. I stopped judging people and try to live by the Golden Rule. This is part of my decision. I do not believe it is my role to judge others, regardless of my personal beliefs…But this issue isn’t

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Same-sex marriage is heading toward reality in Washington.

State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D-Camano Island) announced her support of Senate Bill 6239, the bill aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington.

Haugen’s decision to support the bill is considered the “decisive” vote, giving

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just about what I believe.

It’s about respecting others, including people who may believe differently than I. It’s about whether everyone has the same opportunities for love and companionship and family and security that I have enjoyed.”

Haugen’s decision comes on the heels of a number of well-known Pacific Northwest companies, including Microsoft, Nike and Starbucks, throwing their support behind the bill.

While it appears passage of these two bills is imminent, opposition groups will fight the proposed law.

Ken Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, said he feels those who support the bill are overstepping their bounds.

“You are saying as a committee and a Legislature that you know better than God,” Hutcherson said during a Jan. 23 committee hearing in Olympia.

Washington’s four Catholic bishops are also on record as being in opposition to the bills. Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle testified at the Jan. 23 hearing.

“Because only the union of a man and woman can generate new life, no other human relationship is its equivalent,” Sartain said.

“Were the definition of marriage to change, there would be no special laws to support and recognize the irreplaceable contribution that these married couples make to society and to the common good by bringing life to the next generation.”

Gina Anderson, a lesbian, spoke in favor of the bill at the Jan. 23 hearing.

“To us, the definition of marriage is simply this: a commitment between two people who love and take care of each other,” she said.

“We want to be able to say those two little words: I do.”

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Man finds dumpster full of mail • Fraudulent prescriptions: At 5:52 p.m. Jan. 17 in the 33000 block of 21st Avenue SW, a pharmacy manager contacted police to inform them that 15 fraudulent prescriptions had been submitted to the pharmacy, all from the same person. According to the report, the pharmacy manager was going to contact police when the suspect returned to get the prescriptions.

• Care home loses resident: At 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 in the 1900 block of South 374th Place, a care home reported that one of its residents had gone missing. According to the report, police conducted an area search for the man, but were unable to locate him. Employees at the care home believed the man may have been trying to return to a previous care home in Seattle.

• Man sells car for fake cash: At 11:10 p.m. Jan. 17 in the 1800 block of South 340th Street, a man reported he had sold a vehicle to another man for $300 cash. According to the report, the seller then went to a bar with that cash, and discovered that the $300 in cash was all counterfeit bills. The seller only knew the suspect as Jeff. The report indicates the man known as Jeff was able to be located and arrested.

• Video game thieves busted: At 2:34 p.m. Jan. 16 in the 34000 block of 16th Avenue South, two individuals were seen stealing eight video games from Wal-Mart.

According to the report, the two suspects took the games to a nearby GameStop store and sold them back to the store. Six of the eight games were able to be recovered.

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Police Blotter Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log: • Business owner finds strange bag in trash: At 3:08 p.m. Jan. 16 in the 34000 block of Pacific Highway South, a business owner reported finding a bag in one of his dumpsters full of other people’s mail. According to the report, the bag contained mail meant for at least 20 other people.

Video surveillance captured a white van dumping the mail, but was unable to capture a license plate number. The mail was turned over to a USPS postal inspector.

• When worlds collide: At 10:01 p.m. Jan. 16 in the 34000 block of 16th Avenue South, two men were in a fight. According to the report, the first man became angry when he observed his girlfriend of two years kissing a co-worker at her work. He assaulted the man she kissed. After the altercation, it was discovered that the woman had a two-month-long relationship with the co-worker as well. The two men declined to press charges against each other.

• Clerk and witnesses detain robber: At 3:49 p.m. Jan. 15 in the 28000 block of Military Road South, a man attempted to rob a store at gunpoint. According to the report, the clerk and others in the store scuffled with the wannabe armed robber, and were able to detain him until the police arrived.

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• Attempted shoe theft: At 2:22 p.m. Jan. 18 in the 1800 block of South Commons, a suspect was caught and arrested attempting to steal $341.90 worth of shoes from Famous Footwear.

• Man assaulted by large group: At 6:16 p.m. Jan. 18 in the 2200 block of South 308th Street, two men were sitting in a vehicle in a driveway. According to the report, something was thrown at the vehicle while they were sitting in it. The men exited the vehicle, and confronted a group of three women and seven men who were on the street. The owner of the vehicle asked if the group had thrown anything at the vehicle, at which time four of the men from the street group assaulted the owner of the vehicle.

• Man attempts to pass fake check: At 7:50 p.m. Jan. 18 in the 1200 block of South 320th Street, an unknown male suspect attempted to cash a fraudulent check. The suspect fled when the transaction was denied, and police were unable to locate him.

• Warrants: At 8:19 p.m. Jan. 18 in the 31000 block of 2nd Lane SW, a woman contacted police about an unknown person asking her to let him into her residence. According to police, the woman believed it was an ex-boyfriend with whom she has a no-contact order. During her call to police, the woman gave her full information to dispatch, at which time it was discovered the woman had $20,000 in outstanding warrants out of Kent. The woman was arrested and transferred to Kent police.

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Don’t you just hate it when the Pacific Northwest is in the news globally for the wrong reasons? That’s the time relatives and friends that you’ve not heard from in eons call you up from every dale and homestead to check up on you.

Or to mock in derision: “Oh, I didn’t know that it snows in Seattle!”

The preceding week in Federal Way will not be soon forgotten. The few days of snowfalls were quite reminiscent of winter 2006 in many ways.

While I didn’t mind the mound of snow and slipping and sliding, I was not prepared for the power outage. But alas, it came! As I write, there are still some families without power.

Indeed, it was quite inconvenient to be without electricity for that few days, knowing that it is connected to so many of our comforts: stoves, microwave, refrigerator, light, hot water.

In my book, “Blessings at Your Fingertips,” I have a chapter titled “Dare to be inconvenienced.” The winter of 2006 was part of the inspiration for that piece of writing.

Last week again, I was blessed with a mother lode of inspirations and goodwill from the storm/power outage. I will forever be grateful for periods of inconvenience. Battling the flu, friends brought me a steaming pot of chicken soup.

My neighbors decided to convert their home into the Federal Way Shangri-La, and would not take no as an answer for my family joining them.

With the fireplace going full blast, we indulged in this winter getaway.

As we looked out into the distance, the acres of snow-covered grounds and icicle-bedecked branches were breathtaking. Who needed Lake Tahoe and Aspen?

In the dining room, the candlelit ambience complemented the succulent buffet of day-old leftovers heated by sternos under stainless steel chafing dishes. Meanwhile, nature’s ultimate freezer, a cooler stocked with tightly-packed snow, provided us with a ton of cold cuts, cheeses and other frozen delicacies.

We survived TV overload. That was fabulous.

Not having the TV on afforded us the joys of spending quality time with family and friends.

Electronics have a way of robbing us of that.

I especially applaud the children for not getting cranky throughout this period. In fact, the highlight for me was to watch the star of the evening: my neighbors’ 8-year-old daughter.

With no electronic gadgets to entertain her, she became quite innovative with whatever was at hand to pass the time.

Using a banana as a telephone, she dialed friends, business clients and people in high places, petitioning their help or consoling them in their winter woes. Even Bill Gates got a call [ more PALMER page 5 ]

FW school levies directly impact kids I am writing to endorse the two Federal Way Public Schools levies on the Feb. 14 ballot.

The EP&O levy simply replaces the levy taxpayers are currently funding. Supporting this levy will help us keep a large number of classroom staff in place — especially teachers. With our valid concerns about deeper cuts to education at the state level, this is one funding source that takes

Nandell Palmer

Political movement at City Hall In some cities, the battle to be the leader of the city council can be a nice polite affair, or may be rotated among the council members so that everyone gets a chance.

In other cities, it can provide visibility to internal differences on policy or strained personal relationships. It doesn’t matter whether it is the ceremonial mayor in a council-manager form of government, or the council president\ mayor pro-tem\deputy mayor title that the council leader gets in the strong mayor form of government.

Most council members want the title and the honor — although it may be for different reasons.

The winner receives the title, local and regional influence and the power to appoint the chairs and members of the council committees that provide oversight to the city administration. And it looks pretty good on either a professional or political resume.

In one city north of Federal Way, the new mayor was elected in a 5-2 vote with some lessthan-flattering comments from other council members. In a city east of here, another mayor was elected by the same margin and the deputy mayor was elected 4-3. Even though all the winners had pledged to work together, it sounds like they may have some reluctant followers. But the votes also reflect a more accurate picture of the political differences.

Here in Federal Way, Jim Ferrell was elected leader of the council and became deputy mayor on a 7-0 vote, which might suggest a unified approach in policy thinking.

My guess is that the real vote was probably 4-3 with Ferrell, Roger Freeman, and newcom-

ers Susan Honda and Bob Celski voting for Ferrell. Once Ferrell had the fourth vote, the council decided to keep the split vote between themselves.

While it is nice to see differences set aside once the vote is over, it doesn’t really paint an accurate picture that there are going to be differences between these council members, and between the council and the mayor.

This was illustrated by Ferrell’s appointments to council committees.

While veteran Dini Duclos was appointed chair of Finance, Economic Development and Regional Affairs Committee, neither of the two most senior council members — Linda Kochmar and Jeanne Burbidge — were given chairmanships. Kochmar was named to the Parks, Recreation, Human Services and Public Safety Committee, which Susan Honda will chair. The third member will be Roger Freeman.

Burbidge was appointed to the Land Use and Transportation Committee, which Bob Celski will chair, and will include Susan Honda. Burbidge was also named to the Lodging Tax Committee. Celski and Freeman will join Duclos on the finance committee.

That puts three Ferrell allies in key positions and relegates the council’s more seasoned members to lower positions. It should be noted that some of the regional committee assignments include the veterans, but those appointments were made prior to January when the council membership was different.

If you’re surprised by all this, you shouldn’t be. Remember all those endorsements from a few months ago? As I have said before, in [ more ROEGNER page 5 ] Bob Roegner

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The Mirror’s editorial board members: Rudi Alcott, publisher; Andy Hobbs, editor; Joann Piquette, retired and community advocate; Matthew Jarvis, business owner; Nandell Palmer, author; Bob Dockstader, retired attorney; Mel West, business owner.

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Federal Way taxes and puts them directly into Federal Way schools — nothing diverted or sent elsewhere.

The construction levy will rebuild Federal Way High School and repair/refurbish elementary playgrounds. By running this as a levy (not a bond), the district saves us $29 million in interest —

like paying cash for your house instead of taking out a mortgage.

The high school was built in 1929 for younger students, and has been pieced together over decades. It’s on the brink of major system failures, which will cost more over time than a new building. Many of the playgrounds waiting for repair are in the same

state — some are unusable. The longer we wait to rebuild, the more expensive it becomes.

The construction levy must be approved before detailed planning can happen (that is part of the cost and thus is part of what voters are approving).

When that level of planning begins, there will be many op-

portunities for public input and involvement — just like there was for past construction projects like Lakota Middle School and Sunnycrest Elementary.

First, we must vote! I will be voting “yes” on both levies, and I encourage my Federal Way neighbors to do the same.

Please take five minutes to vote and mail your ballot. It will have a direct impact on our kids.

Amye Bronson-Doherty, Federal Way

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County mails ballots for special election MIRROR STAFF REPORTS

Federal Way residents will start receiving ballots and voters pamphlets in the mail for the Feb. 14 special election.

The election will ask voters to decide on two levy proposals by the Federal Way School District (details below).

This is an all-mail election. A drop-off box for ballots is located on 33325 8th Ave. S. near City Hall (no postage required). Ballots can also be returned via standard mail with a first-class stamp. Ballots must be postmarked by Feb. 14, or submitted to a dropbox by 8 p.m. Feb. 14.

The Educational Programs and Operations (EPO) levy will continue what Federal Way taxpayers are already paying for the general operations of schools. The school district seeks a $53 million levy that will last two years. The current levy was approved three years ago and expires in 2012. About 80 percent of this levy goes to basic education.

A six-year $60 million capital levy will help rebuild Federal Way High School. Some of the money will help build play structures and play areas at 19 of the district’s elementary schools.

The Feb. 14 special election will cost the school district about $200,000. The special election is necessary because teachers must be notified by May 15 if they will have a contract for the next school year, and teachers’ salaries are wrapped up in the EPO levy, according to the district.

If Federal Way voters reject either levy, the district can present the proposals to voters on one more ballot in 2012, likely in April. Both proposals need a simple majority (50 percent plus one) to pass.

[ PALMER from page 4] from the banana phone, too, out there in Medina.

After the conversation, she reported to us that Bill was busy looking for firewood because the stores were all sold out.

To her dismay, she watched her dad gobble down the banana after a few hours. She warned him that eating her telephone could potentially be detrimental to his health as he ran the risk of being electrocuted.

Luckily, there were more bananas on hand, and the conversations became even more creative. Given a few more years, this child will definitely become an A-class novelist or screenwriter. Such raw talent!

I encouraged her parents to make her write down her creative thoughts in short stories. The evening lent itself to much storytelling way into the wee hours of the morning, as the roaring fire lulled us to sleep. We all curled up on the living room floor with blankets, ever grateful for warmth and camaraderie.

The next day, friends in

[ ROEGNER from page 4] politics, movements have meaning and there are rarely coincidences. Committee assignments and the vote for deputy mayor are products of the election cycle, and signals what I

Northeast Tacoma invited us to their warm home, and I invited my neighbors to come along. There, we played dominoes, card games, ate comfort food, and again, regaled each other with stories of yesteryear. We are all richer for that experience.

I am somewhat grateful for the storm/blackout. I will not overlook the fact that despite our harshest inconvenience for that brief period, my quality of life was far more superior to millions of people globally who neither have the luxury of electricity nor running water.

Had the power not gone out last week, a father would not have discovered the hidden literary gems in his daughter. Shortly after the blackout, the girl has been composing stories on the family computer daily, her proud dad told me. A star is born! Now, I can’t wait to read her first book.

www.federalwaymirror.com in numbers of patients, some without [ LETTERS from page 4] enough home oxygen, others without light and heat, as well as those with significant medical emergencies more commonly seen at the hospital.

Washington state recently received Many patients, ready for discharge from the hospital, were unable to go an “F” grade from Education Week home due to weather-related chalfor our low level of education spendlenges. ing. Federal Way Public Schools are Our community in Federal Way particularly poorly funded due to an and greater South King County antiquated and unfair formula used rallied to our aid with an unpreceby the state to distribute education dented level of support. Puget Sound dollars.

Energy worked diligently to restore In spite of the recent Supreme Court ruling stating that Washington our power while we operated on backup generators. South King Fire is not adequately funding education, it appears likely that it will be slashed and Rescue stood ready and willing to transport patients home, so that yet again during the current legislawe could make room for other tive session. patients who needed care.

FWPS has managed creThe Red Cross and the atively and responsibly on a FEDERAL WAY Federal Way Community shoestring budget for many Center off ered to keep their years, but that shoestring has shelter open as long as we had become terribly frayed at the patients to send them. Linsame time that schools are These students care made heroic efforts to addressing new challenges supply us with home oxygen presented by our expanding are the adults population. of tomorrow we resources for patients. And Our children deserve will depend upon Teufel Snow Removal did suitable preparation for their to run the world a yeoman’s job to keep our future — a decent education and pay the bills. thoroughfares clear and safe.

To the great people in is an integral part of that.

Carolyn Kraemer, these organizations and to We as a community share Federal Way so many more who rallied to a vested interest in seeing assist our hospital team, we they receive it; after all, these thank you for your kindness. Your students are the adults of tomorgenerosity helped us provide excelrow we will depend upon to run the lent, uninterrupted service throughworld and pay the bills. out the week and into the weekend.

Please vote “yes” on the upcoming We are proud to serve this comFWPS education levies. Your vote munity and especially grateful to will benefit us all. have such great neighbors.

School levies benefit all of Federal Way

LETTERS

Carolyn Kraemer, Federal Way

St. Francis Hospital weathers the storm It’s often been said that we see what people are truly made of in times of crisis.

Our recent adverse winter weather left so many in our community without power and other critical resources. At St. Francis Hospital, we experienced a record-breaking surge

Sound Transit and Federal Way’s blues I wanted to correct a large piece of missing piece of information in the Jan. 20 article on Sound Transit.

There are three bus routes funded through Sound Transit that serve the Federal Way Transit Center (the

We welcome your letters email us at: editor@federalwaymirror.com

Federal Way resident Nandell Palmer is president of Write A Blessing Media, a document production company. Contact: palmern777@aol.com. wrote several weeks ago.

There are likely to be some changes in how City Hall works.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner, a former mayor of Auburn, can be reached at bjroegner@comcast.net.

Tony McLean, President, St. Francis Hospital

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January 27, 2012 [5] funding for which, including the parking garage, came through Sound Transit). These are the 574, 577 and 578. Your article claims that Federal Way is getting “nothing” for what it pays into Sound Transit, so I hope you will print a retraction.

I’m sure Sound Transit could offer figures on the annual maintenance and operating costs of these routes, plus capital costs of the buses, the transit center and the parking garage, if you ask them. As a private citizen, I’ve written them a few times, and usually gotten some sort of answer within a couple weeks.

At any rate “nothing” is an obviously inaccurate description of what Federal Way citizens get for their ST taxes. Thanks for looking into this.

Brent White, South Park, Seattle

Same-sex marriage: Thank you, Sen. Eide Thank you, Senator Tracey Eide, for your yes vote on SB 6239 (samesex marriage). You are a woman of your word and a woman of integrity.

I regret I was not more involved in your campaigns when I lived in the 30th District. You have done an outstanding job of putting your constituents first. Thank you, thank you.

Marcie Neuman, Buckley

Thanks for supporting MLK Food Drive I would like to thank the members of the Diversity Commission, local area high school students and teachers, city staff members and the community for their efforts and support of the MLK Food Drive, which was held on Saturday, Jan. 14. Hunger can impact anyone at any point in their life, so it was refreshing to see so many out there making a difference.

Thanks again and please remember that local food banks need your help all year round.

Bob Danielle, chairman, Federal Way Diversity Commission

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NEWS Man dies in apartment fire A man died in a fire around 1 a.m. Jan. 20 at

www.federalwaymirror.com the Cedardale Apartments, 33627 25th Place SW, Federal Way. South King Fire and Rescue found the body of a 60-year-old man in the apartment. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office notified the man’s next of kin. His identity was not available at press time.

The fire is under in-

vestigation, but appeared to be one of those “long, smoldering, smoky fires,” according to South King Fire spokeswoman Donna Conner. The fire and smoke were contained to the one apartment unit. A neighboring resident had called 911, saying he could smell smoke and hear a smoke

alarm ringing.

An assistant chief who arrived at the scene saw smoke seeping from around the top of the apartment unit’s door. The door was locked and there was no response from any occupants.

When the door was forced open, heavy and hot smoke was encountered down to

waist level, according to the fire district.

Three fire units arrived at the scene, removed the man from the apartment and extinguished the fire. According to South King Fire, response to the fire was delayed due to increased demands for service because of the winter storm.

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Corak named Multi-Service Center’s new CEO Robin Corak has been named chief executive officer for Multi-Service Center, a Federal Way-based human services agency.

Corak succeeds Dini Duclos, who retired Dec. 31 after serving 16 years as CEO of the agency.

Corak has held management positions with MultiService Center since 2005, the past two years as the agency’s chief Robin Corak operations officer.

During her tenure four years ago as the agency’s Director of Employment and Education, Corak increased the program’s funding from $246,000 to $1.2 million, developed the agency’s most successful employment programs, including a homeless employment program that has been replicated in other agencies, along with the implementation of MSC’s first Youth Services programs.

Corak started her new position Jan. 1. “This agency has come a long way in its 40-year history, and I intend to continue to advance the agency’s reputation as a results-driven leader in human services not only in South King County, but throughout the region,” she said.

Multi-Service Center, a community action agency with an annual operating budget of $12 million, provides nearly 500 units of transitional and lowincome housing throughout South King County and parts of Pierce County. The center operates programs and resources in employment, education, food, clothing and energy assistance. The agency operates the statewide Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, an advocacy and direct service provider for elderly and disabled adults.

Multi-Service Center employs 75 staff members with offices in Federal Way and Kent, and a small program office in Burien. Last year, Multi-Service Center served more than 57,000 people. Learn more at www. multi-servicecenter.com.

— Mirror staff reports

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state and local law enforcement in disrupting this drug ring.”

Matthew G. Barnes, DEA special agent in charge, described one of the busts.

“Over 24 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from one vehicle in this investigation, which has an estimated street

value of over $1 million,” Barnes said.

“This investigation illustrates the defendants’ ill-will and disregard for our community. I want to commend the professionalism and commitment of the Seattle Police Department and the other agencies involved.”

Seattle Police Chief John Diaz praised the coordinated work of multiple agencies.

“Working together with our federal law enforcement partners in the DEA and other local agencies, we were able to intercept a significant amount of dangerous drugs before they hit

Seattle streets,” Diaz said in the media release.

“It is noteworthy that this operation was made possible due to information obtained during a routine ‘buy-bust’ conducted by Seattle Police officers and detectives. This is another example of how ordinary police work combined with

law enforcement partnerships can yield exceptional results,” he said.

The raids were part of an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, providing supplemental federal funding to the federal and state agencies involved.

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A Federal Way man was among 20 people arrested and charged for drug trafficking Wednesday as part of coordinated raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement agencies in the Seattle and San Francisco Bay area.

The arrests followed a lengthy investigation into a cocaine, meth and heroin trafficking ring that stretched from San Francisco to Vancouver, British Columbia, said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan in a U.S. Department of Justice media release.

The 20 people were arrested and charged for various federal crimes including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and/ or conspiracy to engage in money laundering.

Authorities identified the Federal Way man as Juan Siquiero-Gonzalez, 33.

The investigation, which utilized court-authorized wire taps, revealed how the conspirators allegedly brought multi-kilo loads of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the Seattle area from California, and distributed it in Western Washington, or sent it north into Canada.

Most of the defendants taken into custody Wednesday were scheduled to make their initial appearance on the charges Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Search warrants were executed Wednesday on 18 residences or businesses and multiple vehicles. Law enforcement seized 24 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine and $35,000 in cash.

Over the course of the DEA and Seattle Police Department investigation, law enforcement seized more than $700,000 in cash, 11 kilos of cocaine, 40 pounds of methamphetamine, and four firearms.

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It’s time to use your girl power A recent Zits cartoon featured Jeremy starting a conversation with his mom.

This is unusual behavior for Jeremy. He prevails, though, and begins by saying: “Mom, let’s say you’re a girl and… Oh, wait!

You are a girl!”

This is so my life.

As the mother of two young adult men, I’ve spent the last 20plus years as the minority gender in my household.

I’m not asking for pity. I am a strong woman and I have strong women friends and colleagues. And sometimes the guys I live with temporarily forget I’m a girl.

Like many women in my generation, I grew up delighting in the ideal that women deserve opportunities that had previously been afforded only to men.

For instance, my freshman year in high school was the first year girls were allowed to take shop, so I signed up. One day, as I attempted to enter the woodshop, a young man barred the door and said condescendingly, “Sorry.

Only men allowed.” Emboldened by the times, I pushed his arm aside and replied, “Huh. Well, I don’t see any here….”

Much like racism in our country, the remnants of sexism seem subtle at times.

While many women hold positions of power in our communities and corporations, girls still grow up with a culture that predominantly judges them on looks. This annoys the heck out of me.

It’s gotten so bad that the American Medical Association has called for measures to restrict advertisers from digitally altering pictures in magazines. (abcnews.com) The AMA is concerned that these publications are routinely showcasing “ideal” bodies that, in reality, can only be attained by computer alteration.

Also notice that the focus of comments by young adolescent girls on Facebook, at a time when they are working hard developmentally to define who they are as people, is primarily on looks and appearance. (www.huffingtonpost.com) Why does this matter?

What’s wrong with girls complementing each other about how pretty, skinny

and hot they are?

According the American Psychological Association, girls are more susceptible to emulating what they see in movies, in magazines and online than their male counterparts are. Pre-puberty, girls are still focusing on being strong, confident and competent. As puberty begins, however, American females tend to become more preoccupied with appearance and image. They take in the barrage of media messages in new, more nuanced, more serious and more potentially harmful ways.

The NYU Child Study Center reports that almost half of girls are dieting by age 10. The most common mental health issues for girls and women remain depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders. (www. aboutourkids.org) This “subtle” sexism has some pretty serious health consequences.

The answer isn’t simple, nor is it something any one person or group can solve.

However, there are some tools to help.

If you are a parent, teacher, mentor or role model to young girls, consider the resources below as alternatives to the Disney-Princess-saturated culture many now grow up in. Go out of your way to comment about a girl’s abilities, accomplishments and character, instead of how cute her outfit/nails/ hair/shoes are.

If you are a parent, teacher, mentor or role model to young boys, go out of your way to help them see beyond the surface of girls — to dig deeper, looking for commonalities and expressing curiosity, rather than derision, about differences.

In the words of Jane Galvin Lewis, “You don’t have to be anti-man to be pro-woman.” Let’s use our girl power to create a better community for us all.

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were very well received in the United Nations. When people hear about the gallmain@fedwaymirror.com case against Jason they are outraged about Jason Puracal, the Seattle area man the human rights violations. Due to the who is serving 22 years in a Nicaraguan delays in Jason’s appeal process, we were prison for drug-trafficking charges, has left with no choice but to bring attention taken another step in attempting to gain to an international tribunal,” she said. his freedom. Puracal filed a human rights This is the first petition filed against lawsuit in the United Nations on Jan. 18 Nicaragua in the UN Working Group on in New York.

Arbitrary Detention, according to According to Puracal’s represenPuracal’s supporters. tatives, the case of Jason Zach“I believe Jason is completely NEWS ary Puracal v. Government of innocent of the charges on which Nicaragua was filed on his behalf he was convicted,” said Genser. by his sister Janis Puracal, who is “Moreover, the violations of a lawyer, and noted human-rights Nicaraguan and international law lawyer Jared Genser of Perseus Strategies. in this case are extraordinary. Not only The case was filed with the UN’s Working was Jason convicted before a person who Group on Arbitrary Detention. wasn’t a lawyer let alone qualified to serve The case urges the Working Group to as a judge, but the prosecution didn’t even find that Puracal’s detention is arbitrary bother presenting any credible evidence and in violation of both Nicaraguan and to convict him of the offenses with which international laws. he was charged.”

A release from Puracal’s supporters U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-District states that the “Working Group is an 9), one of the few American officials to independent and impartial tribune in the express concern over Puracal’s situation, United Nations, which consists of experts has expressed his dissatisfaction with the from Chile, Norway, Pakistan, Senegal situation. Smith’s district includes the and Ukraine. It is charged with adjudicat- Federal Way area. ing cases of those alleged to be arbitrarily “They presented no evidence of a crime detained and issuing written opinions here,” Smith said in a previously released about whether the detentions are consisstatement. “They have simply kidnapped tent with the country’s international legal and held him for a period of time — not obligations.” in compliance with international law nor Janis Puracal said she feels optimistic Nicaraguan law.” about this turn in her brother’s case: “We To learn more, visit freejasonp.com.

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[ LEVY from page 1] “I went to Mt. Rainier High School in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. I lived through all of those levy failures. I’m here tonight as a product of public high school education, and with kids in public high school, to say I’m for the levy…

I’ve been on the downside of that,” he said. “I still remember what we didn’t have as students in our public high school at that time.”

Edmiston said he’s encountered a discomforting train of through recently among some in the community regarding voting in the Feb. 14 election.

Referencing a Jan. 23 open house meeting about the levies, he worries there is “a linkage between our hot button issue of Standards Based Education and whether or not we should vote yes or no in February on the levy. People are saying, ‘I’m not going to vote for the levy because I’m so mad about Standards Based Education. I’m going to send a message.’”

The concerned parent said he finds this disturbing, and likened it to an attitude of “I’m taking my ball and going home.” While advocacy for issues is some-

thing he feels is a positive, letting it affect a vote on such a crucial issue would be dangerous, he said.

“We can advocate for what we think the philosophy of education should be, we can advocate a curriculum, we can vote for or against board members.

But the only people we’ll hurt if we vote no on this levy, is our students and our teachers.”

The all-volunteer group Citizens for Federal Way Schools is leading the public campaign in favor of both levies. Both levies have been endorsed by the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce and The Mirror’s editorial board.

Another group called Citizens for Better Federal Way Schools supports the EPO levy, but opposes the capital levy for rebuilding Federal Way High School.

In an opposing statement for the election voters pamphlet, the group calls for more public discussion and participation by principal employers in the region.

“There is no doubt that the current Federal Way High School is in need of replacement. Before committing ourselves to a $110 million capital expenditure, we believe that far more re-

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Residents need to place yard debris in small piles at the curb prior to their regular garbage service day.

This service is available within Federal Way to all single-family and condominium residences eligible for weekly curbside garbage collection, even if they are not Waste Management customers.

Residents also have the option of self-hauling yard debris to several area businesses that are providing discounted rates for storm debris disposal. A full list of businesses is available at www.cityoffederalway.com/ selfhaul or by contacting (253) 835-2771 or Jeanette. brizendine@cityoffederal way.com.

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“School Management and Planning placed the median cost for comparable high schools nationwide to be around $45,000,000. FWPS cost analysis does not demonstrate that proper planning was implemented in preparing the Capital Levy request.”

Details on Feb. 14 special election The Feb. 14 special election for both levy proposals will cost the school district about $200,000. The special election is necessary because teachers must be notified by May 15 if they will have a contract for the next school year, and teachers’ salaries are wrapped up in the EPO levy, according to the district.

If Federal Way voters reject either levy, the district can present the proposals to voters on one more ballot in 2012, likely in April.

Both proposals need a simple majority (50 percent plus one) to pass. The ballots and voters pamphlets for the special election were mailed Jan. 25. Voting for the Feb. 14 special election will be done by mail.

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Gymnastics: TJ wins All-City, SPSL North titles Raiders slip by Beamer by one point, West and Kellar tie for all-around crown; Postseason meets up next

By CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com

The Thomas Jefferson gymnastics team is the best the city of Federal Way and the South Puget Sound League has to offer. But not by much.

The Raiders outdistanced Todd Beamer Wednesday night by just one point to win the Federal Way All-City gymnastics meet, along with the SPSL North title. Jefprep sports Division ferson finished the four-team meet with 176.5 points, while the Titans followed with 175.5 points. Decatur ended up in third place with 160.35 points and Federal Way was fourth with 146.8.

Both Jefferson and Beamer are among the elite gymnastics programs in the state. Last year, the Titans finished second at the Class 4A state championships and the Raiders were right behind in third. Both teams return a bulk of their talent, including possible state champion all-around gymnasts Sam West and Madison Keller.

The packed crowd at Beamer got an up close look at the two title contenders Wednesday at the All-City Meet.

But nothing was really decided between the twosome. West and Kellar finished in a dead heat for the all-around title Wednesday night. Beamer’s West and Jefferson’s Kellar tied with 37.75 points on the four events.

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Thomas Jefferson senior Madison Kellar (top) and Beamer senior Sam West (below) tied for the all-around title at Wednesday’s All-City Gymnastics Meet at Beamer. Jefferson won the four-team meet by one point over TJ. casey olson, The Mirror At last year’s state championships, West finished up in third place in the all-around and Kellar followed in fifth. But Kellar did beat West at the West Central District Meet.

Wednesday, Kellar won two of the four event titles. Kellar finished first on the uneven parallel bars with a 9.3 and on the balance beam with a 9.4. She was also third on the floor exercise with a 9.5.

West won the vault with a 9.5 and was in the top-two in all four events, finishing second on the bars (9.1), beam (9.3) and the floor [ more wrap up page 11 ]

Football recruiting: Federal Way trio commit to colleges May, Olive headed to Wyoming, Pulu commits to Eastern; Williams undecided

By CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com

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finding that out during this recruiting season.

Jordan Pulu, Uso Olive and D.J. May led the Eagles to an unbeaten regular season and into the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs for just the second time in 35 years.

The threesome are also slated to ink their national letters of intent on Wednesday, the first official day football players can sign their scholarship offers.

Olive and May have both

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The destinations for Olive and Pulu have both changed from prior verbal commitments within the last week, as was May’s

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decision to play at Wyoming.

After giving former WashingUso Olive ton State University head coach Paul Wulff a verbal commitment during the summer, Pulu, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound inside linebacker, had to go through the recruiting process again

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Pulu led Federal Way in tackles with 61 in nine SPSL games for an average of 6.8 a game. He had 50 solo tackles and a high game of 10.5. Pulu broke his ankle during the Eagles’ playoff opening win over Snohomish and was held off the field during their state loss to Eastlake.

Pulu had an inside track at Eastern, however. His older brother, Andru, is a defensive lineman for the Eagles after transferring to Cheney after playing his freshman season at the University of Washington.

After winning the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision national championship in 2010, the Eagles finished 6-5 last season.

Olive, a 6-foot, 300-pound defensive tackle, was originally

[ wrap up from page 10] exercise. Jefferson’s Monica Church won the individual title on the floor with an impressive score of 9.9 and was also second on the vault (9.3).

Beamer’s Leah Freeborn ended up third in the all-around with 36.7 total points and was also third on the vault (9.2) and bars (8.85).

Decatur was led by the performance of Shantel Bali, who finished in third place on the balance beam with a score of 9.2.

The gymnastics postseason kicks off on Feb. 4 with the South Puget Sound League 2A/3A/4A Subdistrict Meet

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Decatur — The Gators remained in control of the SPSL 3A Division with a pair of wins Tuesday and Wednesday. The Gators (12-4 overall, 6-0 SPSL South) fought past Auburn Mountainview, 73-68, and downed Bonney Lake, 55-37.

Against Auburn Mountainview Wednesday, senior guard Dom Hunter finished with 30 points for Decatur.

Jason Young tallied 13 and Abraham Ferrell-Logan chipped in 12.

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headed to Portland State, who play in the Division II Big Sky Conference, before switching to Division I Wyoming of the Mountain West.

Olive visited the Laramie campus last weekend, along with May. Wyoming finished 8-5 overall and a third-place finish in the D.J. May Mountain West with a 5-2 record behind national powers Boise State and Texas Christian.

Olive was a first-team, All-SPSL South selection as both an offensive and defensive lineman. He also might be the strongest player in the state of Washington. Olive can bench press 455 pounds.

Olive finished third in the SPSL South in tackles for loss with 12

with 15 points and senior Markus Rawls added 13 for the Gators.

The wins set up a battle for the league championship Tuesday night against the Lakes Lancers. Decatur downed the defending state champions on a lastsecond shot by Dom Hunter Rawls in their first meeting of the season, 55-54, at Decatur. The game will be in Lakewood.

Federal Way — The Eagles (8-4 overall, 8-1 SPSL South) remained in first place in the SPSL South with a rugged double-overtime win over Spanaway Lake Tuesday, 74-70.

Federal Way led by seven after the third quarter, but Spanaway Lake fought back to tie the game at the end of regulation. Sophomore Brayon Blake led the Eagles with 26 points, Deonte Anderson had 24 and D’Londo Tucker tallied 17.

The Eagles are playing without point guard DeeShawn Tucker, who suffered a head/neck injury during Federal Way’s loss to Seattle Prep on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Tucker

Amy Johnson

during the regular season. Olive’s presence in the middle of the Eagle defense helped Federal Way give up just 11.7 points a game, which was far-and-away the best in the SPSL. May had another impressive season for the Eagles running the ball. On the season, the 5-foot-9, 185-pounder, tallied 1,288 yards on just 123 carries, including 21 for touchdowns despite missing two games because of a rib injury.

He was a first-team, All-SPSL South selection for the second year in a row.

As a junior, May finished the season with 1,310 yards with 11 touchdowns on the ground and two more receiving.

“Wyoming came into the mix for D.J. in late December,” Meagher said. “Then, Chris Tormey went there as the defensive coordinator from (Washington State). He knew about Uso from WSU and they started recruiting him as

hasn’t received a doctor’s clearance and could be lost for the season.

Jefferson — The Raiders (6-9 overall, 4-8 SPSL North) needed overtime to beat Mount Rainier Tuesday, 59-57. The Rams come back from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

Jacob Thoreson led the Raiders with 21 points and was the only TJ player in double figures.

Beamer — The Titans (10-4 overall, 9-2 SPSL South) remained one loss back of Federal Way in the SPSL South title race with a 57-56 win over Bethel Tuesday.

Senior Thomas Rhodes led Beamer with 19 points, Luscious Brown added 14 and Roosevelt Jones chipped in 11. The Titans will host Federal Way on Monday night.

well. They both had a great visit and committed.”

TJ’s K.W. Williams still up in the air Thomas Jefferson senior quarterback K.W. Williams had one of the most electric seasons of anybody in the state.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder KW Williams led the Raiders into the postseason for the first time in the school’s history after leading the SPSL in rushing yards with 1,282 in nine games.

Williams was the first-team, All-SPSL North quarterback and the division’s offensive back of the year. He also became the third quarterback in SPSL history to rush for 1,000 yards and throw

for 1,000 yards during the season.

He finished with 1,111 yards with 11 touchdowns. In total, he accounted for 26 touchdowns in nine games.

But the impressive season has led to only one offer to play college football — Idaho State.

“It is a little bit surprising,” said Joe Williams, K.W.’s father. “He was getting some looks from the local schools, but nothing definite.

Then their interest faded. Idaho State’s offer actually looks pretty good. Going there doesn’t look bad.”

Idaho State plays in the Big Sky Conference and finished last season just 2-9 overall. The Bengals are also looking at Williams as a defensive back.

Williams is set to take a recruiting visit to the Pocatello, Ida. campus this weekend and if things go well, he could sign with Idaho State on Feb. 1, according to Joe Williams.

Thomas Jefferson’s Shelby Church ends her floor exercise routine during Wednesday’s All-City Gymnastics Meet at Beamer. Church helped the Raiders tally 176.5 points to beat Beamer (175.5). casey olson, The Mirror

Federal Way — The Eagles (11-3 overall, 9-1 SPSL South) remained in a three-way tie for first place in the SPSL South with a 60-36 win over Spanaway Lake Tuesday night.

Federal Way blew open a fairly close game by outscoring the Sentinels 26-4 during the third quarter.

Raven Benton led the Eagles with 15 points and Dyesha Belhumeur finished

with 14.

Beamer — The Titans picked up a much-needed 63-56 win over Puyallup Tuesday night at home.

Beamer (6-9 overall, 3-8 SPSL South) outscored the Vikings, 34-21, in the first half and cruised to the win.

Beamer’s Meghan Graf and Megan Huff both finished with 20 points apiece during the win. Megan Anderson added 11 for the Titans, who currently sit in seventh place in the SPSL South.

Decatur — The Gators (5-8 overall, 2-3 SPSL 3A)

fell to the Bonney Lake Panthers Tuesday on the road, 51-41. After taking a 10-9 lead after the first quarter, Decatur was outscored 17-9 during the second quarter to fall behind 26-19 at half.

The Gators were again led by A’yesia Rogers, who finished with 18 points.

The senior is averaging 19.3 points a game. Acacia Hall finished with 14 against Bonney Lake.

Jefferson — The Raiders were beaten up by the unbeaten Mount Rainier Rams Tuesday night, 61-21.

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Jefferson (6-9 overall, 4-7 SPSL North) was led by seven points from Jada Piper.

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Five inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame STAFF REPORTS

Federal Way Public Schools inducted its fourth Athletic Hall of Fame class Wednesday night at Todd Beamer High School.

The Class of 2012 featured Jim Dillon, Debbie Hunter, Steve McCully, Bev McIrvin and Doug Patrick.

Dillon started teaching at Thomas Jefferson in 1978.

He was an assistant track coach for five years and assistant soccer coach for 14 years during TJ’s run of six-straight state championships. Dillon is best known, however, as the pioneer of sports medicine instruction in the district. In 1983, he developed the district’s first sports medicine class and established a model athletic training program designed to care for and rehabilitate injured athletes.

After a year at Mt. Rainier High School, Hunter started coaching gymnastics at Thomas Jefferson in 1976 and will embark on her 35th season this winter.

She is the longest serving, single sport head coach in district history. Hunter’s

last two teams finished third and fourth at the state tournament. She is also going into her 26th year as the Raider dance team coach.

McCully taught math and physical education at Illahee Middle School for 37 years developing the premier junior high/middle school athletic and physical education programs in the state. His teams have won 36 district championships in football, track and basketball. A Federal Way native, McCully is dubbed “Mr. Illahee” for his unique impact on the school, students and faculty.

McIrvin coached gymnastics at Federal Way High School for 30 years, where she not only developed the program, but also built a

complete gymnastics facility. She won six South Puget Sound League championships and finished third in state four times, as well as coaching two state champions. McIrvin was selected the state’s gymnastics coach of the year in 1998 and inducted into the Washington State Gymnastic Coaches Hall of Fame.

Patrick coached football

and track at Federal Way High School for 25 years.

He ended his career serving as athletic director. Patrick’s football teams during the 1970s excited the community with standing-room only crowds rooting for the Eagles. The 1975 team finished second in state and Patrick was selected state coach of the year and Federal Way citizen of the year.

The 2012 class of the Federal Way Hall of Fame was inducted Wednesday and included, from left to right, Doug Patrick, Bev McIrvin, Steve McCully, Debbie Hunter and Jim Dillon. CASEY OLSON, The Mirror

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Sidelines: Same old story with Federal Way and the SPSL

Casey Olson

daylights out of Perez, the Federal Way High School athletic director who has championed the cause for the district.

The 18-team SPSL is again in the midst of a two-year reclassification cycle and is “supposedly” exploring options that could put Federal Way, Thomas Jefferson and Todd Beamer into one division. Currently, Federal Way and Beamer are in the SPSL South, while TJ plays in the league’s North Division. The Federal Way and its 4A schools are the only district in the SPSL who play in different divisions and haven’t been together since 2006.

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It’s like deja vu all over again.

At least that’s what it seems like to Miguel Perez and the rest of the athletic directors around the Federal Way School District.

For the last six years, the district has been attempting to get all the high schools into the same division of the South Puget Sound League.

But it hasn’t worked out, due to a number of factors, most notably being the Auburn School District’s unwillingness to move away from the four Kent high schools and into the SPSL’s South Division.

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In terms of geography, the two Auburn schools are located south of the two Federal Way schools and closer to Highway 167, which is the main freeway leading to a bulk of the SPSL South schools in Graham, Spanaway and Puyallup. A move by the two schools to the South Division just makes sense, according to Perez.

But officials in Auburn and Kent, which has four schools in the North Division, have cited the tradition of the two cities competing against each other as a reason for not moving Auburn and Auburn Riverside south.

If the principals’ decision next month goes as expected, it looks like the Federal Way School District will again appeal the decision, like it did two years ago. That appeal was obviously denied. But the denial did yield a realignment process and protocol that is now included in the SPSL Handbook.

Perez even completed a complex chart regarding the realignment options

currently on the table and how they each follow the mandated SPSL Handbook.

Predictably, the option of moving the Auburn schools into the South Division and Federal Way North was, hands down, the best choice. Things like geography, transportation costs, freeway access, instructional time loss, holding districts together, longevity in the SPSL and FWSD rivalries remaining intact were listed as pros for the move.

The only cons with keeping Federal Way separated was the Auburn School District travel time and cost and Auburn and Kent schools not being in the same division, negating old rivalries.

But Perez also completed a mileage chart for all 18 schools in the SPSL and, for the most part, the two Auburn schools and Federal Way and Beamer are similar distances from the other schools in the SPSL South.

“The FWSD is requesting that our three schools are in the same division, so we would finally have the

opportunity to enjoy the same benefits that all other schools in the league get to experience: Transportation, rivalries, gate receipts and much of the other criteria outlined in the handbook,” Perez wrote.

“Switching the Auburn schools to the South enables the FWSD to finally enjoy those benefits that all other schools have had the luxury of never having interrupted,” he continued.

“Plus, it does not alter or increase anyone’s travel, nor does it increase missed instructional time.”

The Federal Way School District has been in a version of the SPSL since it was called the Pierce County League in the 1950s. The name changed in the ‘60s to the Puget Sound League and to the SPSL later in the decade.

So don’t get your hopes up of finally seeing the Federal Way high schools actually developing a rivalry between one another. After all, the TJ football team hasn’t played Beamer since the 2005 season.

Like I said before, it’s like deja vu all over again.

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Hoefel burst onto the scene this season for the SPSL South Division champion Titans. She led Beamer in scoring and was named the Most Valuable Player in the SPSL South.

Hoefel finished the season with 18 goals and seven assists for the Titans. She had seven multi-goal games and seemed to get better as the season progressed.

In Beamer’s first-round state tournament win over Issaquah, Hoefel finished with a pair of goals. She also had multiple goals in four-straight matches in the middle of the season for the Titans.

Beamer senior Jasmine Brilliante was named to the Class 4A second-team.

Brilliante was the leader of the Titans’ ultra-talented midfield. Brilliante was a first-team, All-SPSL South selection by the league’s coaches after finishing second to Hoefel in scoring for the Titans. Brilliante tallied 11 goals and had two assists.

program has rescheduled the event for Feb. 3.

Rasmussen was a 1992 Decatur High School graduate and ranks as the 20th all-time scorer for the basketball-rich Gators after averaging 10 points as a junior and 11.2 during his senior season. Rasmussen played a huge role in earning Decatur the school’s first-ever berth into the state basketball tournament in 1992.

The 38-year-old firefighter collapsed inside his Wenatchee home in June after responding to an emergency call about a car crash.

The Chelan County coroner concluded that Rasmussen died from hypertension and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Several of Rasmussen’s classmates from Decatur, including current Gator assistant basketball coach, Collin Sawyer, organized Garet Rasmussen Night celebration.

The celebration will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 3 inside the Decatur High School cafeteria. Refreshments will be provided, as well as the opportunity to share stories about Garet and the Decatur community.

The celebration will

continue inside the school’s gym when the current Gators take on Auburn Mountainview High School in a key South Puget Sound League 3A game.

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A move by Auburn and Auburn Riverside into the SPSL South would allow all three Federal Way 4A schools to play in the SPSL North Division.

But it’s looking more and more like everything is going to stay status quo, according to Perez.

The SPSL athletic directors voted last month, by a large margin, to keep the current structure of the league as-is for the next two years. But the league’s principals will have the final say. They will, most likely, vote at their next meeting on Feb. 7. And Perez would be floored if the principals didn’t rubber stamp their athletic directors’ decision to keep Federal Way and Beamer in the South and TJ in the North.

The current SPSL South includes Graham-Kapowsin, Spanaway Lake, Bethel, Curtis, Puyallup, Emerald Ridge, Rogers and Puyallup, along with Federal Way and Beamer. The North now includes Kentwood, Kentridge, Kent-Meridian, Kentlake, Auburn, Auburn Riverside, Tahoma and Mount Rainier, along with

...obituaries Elta Verna (Fiman) Haynes Saturday, January 7, 2012 Elta Verna (Fiman) Haynes unexpectedly went to join her husband, Fred, to live eternity with the Lord.

She leaves behind two daughters, Sherry (Gary) Putz and Emily Ward; two sons, Dale (Melody) Haynes and Dwight (Shirley) Haynes; and one daughter of choice, Haellen Holiday (Sheila Saunders); 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Elta was born in Lakewood, Washington on August 24, 1927 to Vincent and Caroline (Safr) Fiman. The family moved to Algona prior to her turning two years old, and she resided there until she married. Her father died while she was still a young child; therefore she was raised by a single mother who taught her the value of a hard day’s work.Which she continually demonstrated as she worked with her family members in her flower beds, garden, cutting firewood, canning and preparing family celebrations.

She taught many of her Grandchildren to make her famous “Grandma Rolls” that were always served at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her family will always remember how completely she loved her husband, Fred. And how she had strong family values and passionately embraced her views and was ready to do anything to give others the strength to make right choices. Because of her and Fred’s true Christian spirit, their home and hearts were open to many family members and foster children for over 50 years whenever the need arose. She was an active member of the Federal Way Senior Center and received Presidential Awards for her community service.

Elta will be interred with Fred at Tahoma National Cemetery, and be honored at a Celebration of Life at Westhill Church in Auburn on January 26, 2012 at 2 o’clock. Remembrances can be made to World Vision.

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During her career, Dahl scored a grand total of 63 goals for Jefferson, including nine as a freshman and six as a sophomore.

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The Licari Legacy Event will include a silent auction from 2 to 6 p.m. There will also be a Federal Way High School Cross Country Course Fun Run open from 2 to 4 p.m. with a suggested donation of $3 for students and $5 for adults. A MultiCultural Dance Celebration will run from 4 to 6 p.m. with a $3 suggested donation for students and $5 for adults and a Short Film Festival from 6 to 8 p.m in the Federal Way High School Little Theatre.

The Federal Way ROTC will be providing concessions during the event.

Additional donations can be made at fwhsfoundation. org.

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It looks like Talia Walton’s first season at the University of Washington lasted only five minutes.

The 2011 Federal Way High School graduate will most likely seek a redshirt season for the University of Washington women’s basketball team. Walton had surgery on her knee in October before coming back and playing five minutes during a win over the University of Houston on Dec. 18.

The 6-foot-2 forward tallied two points in her only appearance this season for the Huskies. Walton was one of the top recruits in the state last year after being voted the Associated Press Class 4A Washington Prep Girls Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Eagles into the state title game as a senior.

Since appearing in the game against Houston last month, Walton’s knee has been slow to respond, according to Washington head coach Kevin McGruff.

She hasn’t practiced since playing in the game. Walton’s injury is one of many the 2011-12 Huskies have suffered. Washington is 10-7 overall on the season and 2-5 in the Pac-12.

“I feel really badly about the injuries that we’ve sustained,” said McGuff. “But (recruiting) is the same.

We’re trying to add the right kids here in the future that can continue to help this program grow.”

Walton was also named the South Puget Sound League’s South Division Most Valuable Player, Seattle Times’ Star Times AllArea, The News Tribune’s All-Area Player of the Year and the Mirror’s All-City Player of the Year.

Fullerton. The 6-foot point guard has started all 18 of the Titans’ games this season and is averaging 12.6 points a game, 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Cal-State Fullerton is 12-6 on the season with wins over Portland State and Eastern Washington, among others.

• Michael Hale III — The Federal Way High School graduate is playing his junior season at the University of Texas-San Antonio. The 5-foot-8 point guard transferred after playing two seasons at North Idaho College.

Hale is averaging 9.7 points for the 12-7 Roadrunners. He tallied a careerhigh 26 points during a 90-85 loss to Oklahoma State earlier this season.

• Jeffrey Forbes — The 2009 Federal Way grad is playing his junior year at Eastern Washington University. The point guard has started all 20 of the Eagles’ games this season and is averaging 7.6 points and 2.7 rebounds.

Eastern is 9-11, including wins over Hawaii and Idaho, among others.

• Aaron Broussard — The Federal Way grad is playing his senior season as the captain on the Seattle University team. He was named a preseason, firstteam All-Independent by CollegeSportsMadness.com after leading the Redhawks last season with 14.5 points and 7.7 rebounds a game.

This year, Broussard is averaging a team-high 18.5 points and 6.6 rebounds a game for the 5-12 Redhawks.

Broussard scored a career-high 34 points during

The Todd Beamer High School dance team is the current state hip-hop champion. The team has been hiphop champions in seven of the past nine years. To learn more about the team’s Beamer Breakdown fundraiser, contact coach Valicia Valiana at (206) 786-0667 or valiciav@hotmail.com. COURTESY PHOTO

a 91-68 win over Eastern Washington on Jan. 16. He was 12 of 18 from the field.

• Jerron Smith — The 2011 Decatur grad is playing his freshman season at Portland State. Smith, a 6-foot-3 guard, has played in seven games this season

and is averaging 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds a game.

Portland State is 10-9 on the season.

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All in all, Federal Way Public Schools and its facilities fared well during the recent winter storm that led to power outages across the city late last week and through the weekend.

No school buildings were damaged, said Rod Leland, facilities director. Leland gave a brief review of the district’s response to the storm during the school board meeting Jan. 24.

All schools were closed last week because of the snow and icy conditions.

“We were very fortunate in Federal Way, and in the school district, we were extraordinarily fortunate,” Leland said.

“We had no damage caused by falling trees.

The trees are damaged, no doubt, there are trees down.

Some trees are limbless.”

Leland said he anticipates it will take the district’s nine groundskeepers somewhere between two to three weeks to deal with all the damage to trees on district property.

He said any dangerous areas have been clearly marked, especially at the schools, and that there should not be any issue as long as children are kept in their designated play areas.

He said district personnel plan on working overtime and weekends to clear away the debris caused by the recent storms.

The district’s facilities director reminded members of the community that those nine groundskeepers have a lot of work in front of them, no matter what.

“We have nine groundspeople. We have 40 sites, we have 400 acres. Those nine people will do the work and

the cleanup at those 40 sites on those 400 acres,” he said.

A phalanx of district personnel was also moving about the district, checking buildings regularly during the storm’s aftermath. Leland said there was somebody in every building, at four-hour intervals at the minimum.

Leland also took the time to thank Puget Sound Energy, which worked with the district to restore power to schools over the weekend.

“We have to also thank Puget Sound Energy. On Saturday, they asked for a count of schools that were still without power. We identified 19. By Sunday morning, we were down to three,” he said.

“We were fortunate, we were prepared when it hit, and our folks did a great job.”

SCHOOL CLOSURES: SNOW LEADS TO 4 MAKE-UP DATES Federal Way schools were closed last week due to the snow and ice that pounded the region.

The school board approved three make-up dates for Federal Way students: June 18-20 (Mon.-Wed.). One date, May 29, was already designated as a snow make-up date in the school district’s calendar.

The school district will also extend its first semester by one week. The first semester will end Friday, Feb. 3, and the second semester will begin Monday, Feb. 6. Report cards will be mailed home the week of Feb. 13.

Storm response: Lessons learned from ‘06 [ SNOW from page 1] were frustrated and concerned over power outages.

“We get inundated with power outage issues,” said spokeswoman Donna Conner, noting that fire crews were checking on downed power lines and safety hazards such as trees in roadways.

South King Fire temporarily staffed all emergency aid cars, along with additional fire rigs, in response to the winter storm. The fire district advised residents to only call 911 if they need immediate fire, police or medical assistance.

The recent weather crisis reminded residents of the 2006 windstorms that knocked out power across the region. Puget Sound Energy estimated 700,000 customers lost power during that storm.

In fact, the 2006 storm is credited for increasing emergency preparedness in Federal Way over the past six years. One of the more visible signs could be seen at the city’s intersections. Battery backup systems were installed to keep traffic lights at 37 intersections up and running during mass power outages. This freed up police resources so that officers could assist elsewhere, rather than directing traffic at those intersections around the clock, as in 2006.

Ray Gross, the city’s emergency management specialist, fostered communication among public entities such as South King Fire and Rescue and Federal Way police.

This communication led to better coordination and reduced duplication of efforts while assisting during the storms. Thanks to previous training, along with an attitude of “getting ahead of the storm,” emergency crews

A scene along 1st Avenue South near the Cove Apartments, as seen Jan. 18 after snow draped the city and region. Several readers sent snow photos, some of which were posted on The Mirror’s Facebook page at facebook.com/fwmirror. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBBY COLEMAN were much more organized this time itself is equipped with several laptop around, he said. Public works crews, computers and phones, along with for example, were already assessing about three days of food and water, snow removal routes by Jan. 13 — if needed. Nearby are eight two-way several days before the major snow radios installed six years ago by the arrived.

Federal Way Amateur Radio Club.

Gross said the city also saw less Since 2006, the city helped buy a demand for shelter and assistance in pair of generators, with one stationed 2012, compared to the storms of 2006. at the community center. In case of a Building a relationship with the Red significant public emergency, the city Cross, for example, helped ease the will activate its radio station at 900setup of emergency shelters. About 80 AM. Better public communication people used the Federal Way Comwas also available in 2012, thanks to munity Center as an overnight shelter the rise of social media. during the weekend, Gross said.

The city overall benefits when more At City Hall, an Emergency Operaindividuals are prepared for an emertions Center (EOC) was staffed by gency, Gross said: a handful of volunteers who helped “Individual preparation is a key keep communication lines open component to how well a community among first responders. The EOC gets back to normal.”

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Federal Way Symphony presents “Let your Music Shine” concert for tots, with music educators Lisa Grace Allison and Linda Sebenius and local musicians. The 30-45 minute show features “Mother Goose Goes to the Symphony featuring the Trumpet, Trombone and Tuba.”

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FW Symphony to showcase jazz trumpet maestro Feb. 5 and contains a lovely and lucid solo that is clearly Special to The Mirror indebted to New Orleans. It The Federal Way Symis also a wonderful carephony’s upcoming Swing free romp where Sielert’s Band Concert at St Luke’s melodic virtuosity will not Church is like a superb only be mind-boggling, but buffet that keeps growing. unforgettable as his off-theThis year’s smorgasbord cuff genius is plain to hear. of musical selections are The audience will want not only tasty and to turn up the volume smooth, but are also and sing along with lip-smacking, eyedog exciteFEDERAL WAY puppy popping songs that ment when Sielert will send sparks all plays the Harry over the stage.

James standard, The show begins “You Made Me at 2 p.m. Feb. 5. The Love You.” I’m sure Symphony is once there could be some again providing photographic recall its audience with that might stir up a brilliant artist. nostalgic images Trumpeter Vern with Duke EllingSielert will jazz up ton’s arrangements the chilly days of of “Boy Meets Vern Sielert February as the Horn” and “ConSymphony’s feacerto for Cootie.” tured guest soloist. Sielert For the many classical is an associate professor of music enthusiasts, this trumpet and jazz studies at concert provides many the University of Idaho. He unforeseeable turns. Since also has a no-frills resume the band has a large collecthat includes performing tive knowledge of different with such artists as Rosemusic, it is only natural mary Clooney and the big that they can perform their bands of Lionel Hampton transcription of Brahms and the Jimmy Dorsey “Hungarian Dance #5.” This Orchestra. is an excellent Billy May This ambitiously crafted chart done for the Casa concert will showcase Mr. Loma Orchestra as part of Sielert giving us a rollera series of classical works coaster ride of music such arranged for big bands. It as his rendition of Louie is a high-energy piece with Armstrong’s “Struttin With plenty of sectional interplay, Some Barbecue.” This is tonal color and dynamic marvelously entertaining contrasts — which shows

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Like icing on a croissant, the Symphony continues to prove that they can play all kinds of music with timely pieces recently heard in the December 2011 Christmas concert. They will perform a rendition of Frank Comstock’s absolutely brilliant chart of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite written for the Les Brown band. It is seven and a half minutes of musical inspiration that requires thorough familiarization to manage the many transitions of mood, feel and tempo in the piece.

To add to this big box of stick-in-your ear tunes clad in cushy orchestrations: Maggie Laird’s appetizing and elegantly executed singing of “Mambo Italiano,” which was written in 1954 by Bob Merrill on a hastily scribbled napkin and recorded by Rosemary Clooney. For those of us that want more, with her artfully and impeccable voice, Laird will also sing a high-powered and playful rendition of “Bewitched.”

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[22] January 27, 2012 [ COYOTES from page 1] to exterminate a predator that’s attacking my livestock. I try to obey the law, but you make it almost impossible,” he said.

According to Federal Way City Code 6.25.050, “it is unlawful for any person to knowingly discharge a firearm where there is a reasonable likelihood of jeopardy to people, property, or animals within the city.”

Barovic mentioned an amendment to the city code regarding cats and dogs, their licensing and other issues on zoning and animals inside the city. The longtime Federal Way resident has appealed to the council to let him take care of the coyotes himself.

“We aren’t going to have many cats and dogs in Federal Way, because we have coyotes,” he said. “I have seen seven coyotes in the past four days. I mean, they are becoming very aggressive and hungry, and I lost six goats (previously).”

City spokesman Chris Carrel said the city, and Federal Way Police Department, are aware of Barovic’s issues with the coyotes.

Barovic must seek permission from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill any coyotes.

“This is a long discussion that has a lot of history behind it,” Carrel said. “The police department has spoken with Mr. Barovic, and provided some alternative approaches to dealing with the coyotes.”

[ BABY from page 1] called to the scene and treated the baby, who was taken to Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Williams was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault of a child. Bail is set at $100,000.

Arraignment was scheduled for Jan. 26 at the Regional Justice Center in Kent.

At Williams’ apartment, police found a nearly empty 32-ounce jar of Totally Awesome Oxygen Base Cleaner. The detergent had the same type of blue flecks as a substance found on the couch. It appeared the entire container of laundry detergent had been poured on the baby’s face. Near the detergent on the couch, police also found a granular substance; about 10 feet away was an empty container of table salt, according to charging papers.

Williams, who was outside the apartment when officers arrived, told police she was baby-sitting the

www.federalwaymirror.com One suggestion by the city would be for Barovic to get a donkey to keep on his property. The well-known farm animals are said to be an effective deterrent to coyotes, according to the city’s animal services department.

“They did give him that information, and even offered to help him locate a donkey if he was interested, and he declined at that time,” Carrel said.

While he may have a fair amount of property that is partly wilderness, Barovic has neighbors around him.

“This is a highly populated area, and even if Mr. Barovic has 10 acres in a really nice area of Hylebos, he’s still surrounded by neighbors,” Carrel said. “It’s a delicate balancing act.”

Coyotes are no strangers to Federal Way city limits.

In a recent letter to The Mirror, Teri Lenfest wrote in response to a report on a local woman who was surrounded by coyotes while walking her two dogs: “There are coyotes all over Federal Way, including West Hylebos Park, the BPA Trail, and near the Twin Lakes Golf Course. I even saw one sneaking out of the Saghalie Middle School grounds one morning,” wrote Lenfest, who helms the West Hylebos Park Blog from the Bog. Coyotes have been known to eat cats and small dogs as well. The Mirror has published past reports on pets that were likely mutilated and eaten by coyotes. infant. Williams’ husband, Christopher Peters, confirmed that the baby belongs to a friend who dropped her off with Williams around 8 a.m. Jan. 10.

Williams called Peters at least 16 times that day over problems she was having with the baby, according to charging papers. Peters had initially come home from work that morning upon Williams’ request to help her with the baby. When he returned to the apartment, police were on the scene.

A neighbor had called 911 after Williams knocked on the neighbor’s door and said: “There’s someone in my house” and “It’s a baby, and it’s evil,” according to charging papers. The neighbor reported hearing a baby crying in Williams’ apartment.

Williams told detectives that the baby’s eyes “went blue,” according to charging papers. When asked how the baby got powder all over her face, Williams said, “I didn’t do anything.”

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Messages can be sent Feb. 13-15. Cost is $40 for an unspecified time; add $10 for exact time within 30 minutes. Brought to you by the Federal Way Harmony Kings. Portion of the proceeds will benefit local charities. To place orders, contact Dick Shenk at (253) 3441087 or rshenk3@comcast.net. Area covered is Seattle/South King County/Tacoma. COURTESY PHOTO

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Pro-Life Connections: South King Pro-Life Support Network will meet at 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Federal Way Regional Library, 34200 1st Way S., to learn more about life in the womb. Contact Patricia Conant at (253) 632-0961.

Council retreat: The Federal Way City Council will hold its annual retreat from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jan. 28 at Dumas Bay Centre, 3200 SW Dash Point Road. The meeting is open to the public, and public comment will be allowed toward the end of the meeting. Agenda includes city budget, public safety, economic development and more.

Call (253) 835-2402.

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Education forum: A forum addressing the issues related to Federal Way schools will be 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Federal Way Senior Center, 4016 S. 352nd St., Auburn. Panelists are Charles Hoff, Carol Gregory, Mildred Ollee and Jason Brown.

Contact kurt@30thdemswa.org or (253) 838-8618.

High School Planning Night: All eighth-graders and parents are invited to their respective high school’s planning night. Starting time is 6 p.m. Planning nights are slated for Feb. 2 at Federal Way High School, Feb. 6 at Decatur High School and Feb. 8 at Todd Beamer High School. Contact (253) 9452262 or dturner@fwps.org.

What the Butler Saw: When a young woman applies for the position of secretary at a psychiatric hospital, she soon discovers that the patients are saner than the people in charge. There are no butlers here. The title, with its whiff of Edwardian peep shows, announces a low farce rife with fallen trousers, carnal indiscretions, mistaken identities and shocking puns. Show runs Feb. 3-26 at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. There will be one Saturday matinee on Feb. 25 and no show on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 5). Show is for

mature audiences ages 17 and up.

Call (253) 661-1444 or visit www. centerstagetheatre.com.

Free tax preparation: For qualified low-income taxpayers, including determining eligibility for a tax refund through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 4 at Highline Community College Outreach Center, building 99, 23835 Pacific Highway S., Des Moines. Free tax return assistance is also available at this location for small businesses.

Concert for tots: Federal Way Symphony presents “Let your Music Shine” concert for tots, with music educators Lisa Grace Allison and Linda Sebenius and local musicians. The 30-45 minute show features “Mother Goose Goes to the Symphony featuring the Trumpet, Trombone and Tuba.” Show is for ages birth to 8. Show runs at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at St. Luke’s, 515 S. 312th St. Tickets are $7 per person. Call (253) 529-9857.

Federal Way Symphony Swing Band: Guest artist Vern Sielert is an acclaimed trumpeter, arranger, composer and jazz educator who will play with a classical swing band. Show begins at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at St. Luke’s, 515 S. 312th St. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors, free for students 18 and under. Call (253) 529-9857 or visit www.federalwaysymphony.org.

Washington Council of the Blind: The WCB will hold its first board meeting in Federal Way from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Best Western Plus Evergreen Inn and Suites, 32124 25th Ave. S. Visit www.wcbinfo.org.

Leaders speak: The Federal Way Noon Kiwanis meets at noon Wednesdays at Old Country Buffet on South 320th Street. Upcoming guest speakers include elder care provider Sheila Goodfellow (Feb. 8), Communities in Schools of Federal Way’s Doug Baxter (Feb. 15), Water Project director Del Livingston (Feb. 22) and car repair radio show host Tom Turner (Feb. 29). [ more CALENDAR page 26 ]

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SPORTS/OUTDOOR WRITER The North Olympic Peninsula of Washington state has it all for the sports and outdoors writer -- the Olympic Mountains, river and saltwater fishing for salmon, steelhead and huge Dungeness crab, alpine hiking, hunting, skiing and snow play in Olympic National Par k at Por t Angeles’ doorstep -- and prep teams that include a n ew l y c r o w n e d s t a t e football champion and the Northwest’s community college soccer powerhouse.

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LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF Federal Way NOTICE OF MASTER LAND USE APPLICATION AND OPTIONAL DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Project Name: Russian Ukrainian Parousia SDA Church Project Description: The applicant proposes to demolish an existing vacant single-family home and construct an 8,832 sq. ft. church. Associated site improvements include parking, landscaping, and stormwater improvements.

Applicant: Don Kirkman, PO Box 816, Auburn, WA 98071 Project Location: 1860 South 336th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003. Parcel #797820-0100 Date Application Received: December 30, 2011 Date Determined Complete: January 25, 2012 Date of Notice of Application: January 27, 2012 Comment Due Date: February 10, 2012 Environmental Review: Based upon review of a completed environmental checklist, and other information on file with the City, it is likely that the City of Federal Way will determine that the project will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment and expects to issue a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for this project.

The optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355 is being used. This may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed project. The proposal may include mitigation measures under applicable codes, and the review process may incorporate or require mitigation measures regardless of whether an environmental impact statement (EIS) is prepared. A copy of the subsequent threshold determination for the specific proposal may be obtained upon request.

Agencies, tribes, and the public are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed project and its probable environmental impacts. Comments must be submitted by the date noted above.

Permits Under Review: Use Process III (File #11-105157-UP), Concurrency (File 11-105158CN), and State Environmental Policy Act Threshold Determination (File #12-100185-SE) Environmental Documents & Studies: Environmental Checklist Relevant Environmental Documents Are Available at the Address Below: Yes Development Regulations Used for Project Mitigation: Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC) Title 14, “Environmental Policy;� Title 16 “Surface Water Management,� and Title 19, “Zoning and Development Code�

Public Comment & Appeals: Any person may submit written comments on the land use application or the environmental impacts of the proposal to the Director of Community and Economic Development by 5:00 p.m. on February 10, 2012. Only persons who submit written comments to the Director (address below) or specifically request a copy of the decision, may appeal the decision.

However, any interested party may appeal the environmental threshold determination. Details of appeal procedures for the requested land use decision will be included with the written decision.

Issuance of Final Environmental Determination: The final Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) may be issued without a second comment period, unless timely comments identify probable significant adverse impacts that were not considered by the Notice of Optional DNS. A copy of the DNS may be obtained upon request.

Availability of File: The official project file is available for public review at the Department of Community and Economic Development, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003.

Staff Contact: Assistant Planner Becky Chapin, 253-835-2641 FWM1849 Date Published: January 27, 2012

[26] January 27, 2012 [ CALENDAR from page 23] Emergency response training: The next CERT training begins Feb. 9. There is also training for the Neighborhood Emergency Team program on March 29. Visit www.cityoffederalway.com/prepare or email FWEM@cityoffederalway.com.

The Diamonds: The Diamonds are one of the top “Doo Wop” musical groups that emerged in the late 1950s. They will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Auburn Performing Arts Center and 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. Opening for The Diamonds will be Ryan Coleman, a Buddy Holly tribute singer. Tickets cost $10 to $25. Visit Brownpapertickets.com or call (800) 838-3006.

Jazz LIVE at Marine View: The Janette

www.federalwaymirror.com West Group will perform a free concert at 5 p.m. Feb. 12 at Marine View Church, 8469 Eastside Drive NE, Tacoma. Janette began singing at a very early age, moved to the Seattle area in the 1970s, worked with R&B organ trios for years, and opened for acts like Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner. Now she is focused on her own quintet, showcasing her vocal talents in swing, Latin, R&B, standards and ballads. Info: www.marineviewpc.org or (253) 229-9206.

Anger management class: An all-day class is being taught Feb. 18 in Federal Way. Price is $99. For details, contact elizabeth_daniels@q.com.

Kochmar campaign: Linda Kochmar will kick off her campaign for 30th District State House position 1 at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Best Western Plus Evergreen Inn and

Suites, located at I-5 and S. 320th St. To learn more, call (253) 640-0469.

Give blood: Cascade Regional Blood Services is hosting multiple blood drives in Federal Way. For locations and appointments, contact Robin Lulich: (253) 9270540 ext. 202.

Volunteer drivers: The Multi-Service Center seeks volunteer van drivers to assist with the food and clothing bank. Contact Terri Turner: (253) 838-6810.

MARCH EVENTS

Rosemary Clooney: St Francis Hospital Auxiliary presents Centerstage Theatre’s production of “Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Songbook” at 7 p.m. March 15 in the Knutzen Family Theater, 3200 SW Dash

Point Road. Complimentary dessert and beverage will be served. Tickets may be purchased at St. Francis Gift Shop for $25.

Call (253) 941-4533.

AROUND TOWN

Shopping carts: Citizens can report abandoned shopping carts on the city’s cart hotline at (253) 835-6774 or online at www.cityoffederalway.com/shoppingcart.

Tax returns: Volunteers are needed to prepare tax returns for the elderly and lowto-middle income taxpayers in the area.

Training is provided at no cost through the AARP Tax-Aide program. Open to all ages; AARP membership is not required. Call (253) 569-8855 or email dan@ducich.com.

Amputee support: The Amputee Sup-

port Group at St. Francis Hospital will the second Thursday of the month at the hospital’s education room, 34515 9th Ave. S. Call (206) 850-9958.

Occupy Federal Way: The anti-corporate protest started in New York City has reached Federal Way. To learn more about weekly discussion meetings in Federal Way, email OccupyFederalWay@gmail.com or visit Occupy Federal Way on Facebook.

Computer classes: The Federal Way Senior Center at 4016 S. 352nd St. offers morning and afternoon computer classes from September through May. To register, contact Larry Malcom at (253) 839-5418.

Contact and submissions: Andy Hobbs editor@federalwaymirror.com or (253) 925-5565

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