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OPINION | Roegner: Ferrell embarks on new political career path [6] Firearms Lawyer: Loaded lessons from Tennessee [6]

Schools avoid teacher layoffs despite ‘ghosts’

By ANDY HOBBS editor@fedwaymirror.com

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Former columnist Backstrom dies homeless Walter Backstrom, known as a political columnist and education activist in Federal Way and King County, has died. He was 60.

Backstrom died in his sleep April 22 at the Union Gospel Mission homeless shelter in Seattle.

The King Backstrom County Medical Examiner reported the cause of death as a heart attack related to high blood pressure.

“He was a bright guy, always in a good mood,” said Zach Hill, a supervisor at the mission who had a half-hour conversation with Backstrom the night he passed.

Backstrom, who was homeless, often stayed overnight at the mission and regularly volunteered to clean up. [ more BACKSTROM, p. 22 ]

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Budget tackles furloughs, Internet Academy positive budget before the board.

“The good news is, we After having to shave won’t be cutting $10 milabout $10 million from lion. There will be adjustits budget last year, and ments that will need to be approximately $32 million made,” Neu said. “We will over the last decade, not be announcing any Federal Way Public layoffs to our teachSchools (FWPS) EDUCATION ing staff this year. officials were finally In these economic able to bring a budtimes, I’m very get before the school pleased to bring that board that did not to you.” include significant fundSally McLean, assistant ing cuts or job losses for the superintendent of business first time since 2010. services, framed this year’s During the school board budget in terms of Charles meeting May 8, SuperinDickens’ “A Christmas tendent Rob Neu gave his Carol.” She said the budget first presentation for his is a product of the ghosts budget recommendation to of legislative sessions past, the board. Neu said he was present and future. pleased to finally bring a [ more SCHOOLS, page 22 ]

By Greg Allmain

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Protesters blast Bank of America

Federal Way resident Diane Dobrowolski protests May 9 outside the Bank of America branch at South 320th Street and Pacific Highway South in Federal Way. About a dozen protesters from the Occupy Federal Way group protested Bank of America — and what they perceive as the bank’s predatory lending practices and its failure to properly serve customers in the wake of the nationwide financial collapse. Read more on page 2 in today’s Mirror. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror

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Rim Bonsai Collection at folks explore an array of Weyerhaeuser, a pair of stunTemperatures are expected to family-friendly activities. ning gardens presented by reach the high 60s on Friday, the Federal Way Symphony, and the mid-to-high 70s on Buds and Blooms and opening weekend for the Saturday and Sunday.

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Occupy FW protests Bank of America

By GREG ALLMAIN gallmain@federalwaymirror.com

With the annual shareholders meeting of Bank of America taking place this week in Charlotte, N.C., a nationwide call went out among a variety of activist groups to hold protests.

Bank of America has been a target of many protests of late, especially for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Bank of America, along with Chase and other financial institutions, is now considered to be a leading cause of the nation’s financial collapse. The protest movements decided this year’s BoA shareholders meeting was an appropriate time for protesters to express their displeasure at how things have gone since

2008.

In Federal Way, about a dozen protesters from the Occupy Federal Way group took to the corner of 320th Street and Pacific Highway South on May 9 to protest Bank of America — and what they perceive as the bank’s predatory lending practices and its failure to properly serve customers in the wake of the financial collapse.

Holding signs with messages like “Bank of UnAmerica,” protesters peacefully made their voice heard outside the bank’s Federal Way branch, even under the wary eye of a Bank of America security guard.

A number of passing cars honked in support of the protesters, with one having stopped at a red light to

chat with Occupy Federal Way member Vin Rohm.

“Bank of America still owes us money!” the young lady said to Rohm, happily taking a leaflet other protesters were handing out.

Federal Way resident Diane Dobrowolski held a sign that said called Bank of America “the worst bank for America,” citing the bank’s role in the nation’s mass foreclosures.

“Bank of America epitomizes what corporate America does to the middle class,” she said.

According to various reports, the turnout in Charlotte was a little larger Wednesday than in Federal Way. Early reports out of Charlotte cited brief clashes between police and protest-

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Federal Way resident Paul Names protests May 9 outside the Bank of America branch at South 320th Street and Pacific Highway South in Federal Way. ANDY HOBBS, The Mirror ers, with one protester being arrested.

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South King Fire levy seeks second chance with voters

By ANDY HOBBS editor@federalwaymirror.com

For the second time in 2012, South King Fire and Rescue will present an excess levy to voters in an effort to raise money.

The levy will appear on the Aug. 7 primary election ballot. If approved, the levy is expected to generate $3.5 million per year for four years.

The bulk of South King Fire’s

Rescue workers save dummies from drowning in North Lake

By ANDY HOBBS editor@federalwaymirror.com

Residents along North Lake in eastern Federal Way were buzzing about a drowning this week.

About 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jerry Graham and his son James spotted rescue workers pulling a body from the lake. They watched the action through binoculars from about 150 yards away.

The body, it turns out, was a dummy — one of four dummies used in a training drill by South King Fire and Rescue’s water rescue team.

Graham’s family has lived on North Lake, near the Weyerhaeuser campus, since 1927. No drownings have been reported in that

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calls are for emergency medical revenue. The district currently services. About $1 million from collects $1.50 per $1,000 of asthe levy will return one emersessed property value. The levy, gency aid car to service. if approved in August, will The remaining money cost taxpayers an average NEWS from the levy would help of 29 cents per $1,000 in protect the fire district’s assessed property value. reserve fund, which fills This amounts to about $5 an annual budget gap of a month for the average about $2 million. home.

Most of the fire district’s revIn the April 17 special election, enue comes from property taxes, the levy failed to receive a 60 perand the recession has reduced this cent supermajority, finishing with

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time. Other members of the North Lake Improvement Club were initially shaken by what Graham witnessed.

“It was not a good feeling when I thought someone passed away,” Graham said, adding that a notification about the rescue team’s drill may have prevented the confusion. “I’m really, really happy to hear it was training.”

The water rescue team practices throughout the Federal Way area, including North Lake, Five Mile Lake, Steel Lake and the Redondo area.

“Now’s the time of year when we get more people on the lakes,” said assistant chief Gordie Olson, noting that the unit is a surface water rescue team, not a dive team.

And what about the four dummies pulled from North Lake?

“They all survived,” Olson said.

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The April special election cost the fire district about $120,000.

For the August primary election ballot, the cost will be lower because more jurisdictions are sharing the cost of the ballot.

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South King Fire’s board of commissioners voted unanimously Monday to re-run the ballot measure in August.

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Federal Way slashes crime Contest entry leads

By ANDY HOBBS editor@federalwaymirror.com

The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) issued its Crime In Washington 2011 report, featuring individual crime statistics for 116 police agencies statewide that submitted data.

In 2011, Federal Way police reported significant reductions in crime across the board when compared to 2010 statistics.

The total number of index crimes in 2011 was 4,509, while Federal Way’s total number of index crimes in 2010 was 5,046.

That’s a reduction of 10.6 percent.

The total number of property crimes in 2011 was 4,264. That’s a

9.7 percent reduction from 2010’s total of 4,721 property crimes in Federal Way, according to the WASPC report at waspc.org. Other Federal Way statistics: • Robberies: 111 (2011) vs. 152 (2010), a 27 percent reduction.

• Murders: 3 (2011) vs. 5 (2010).

• Forcible rape: 35 (2011) vs. 50 (2010).

• Aggravated assault: 96 (2011) vs. 118 (2010).

• Burglary: 700 (2011) vs. 828 (2010).

• Larceny: 2,884 (2011) vs. 3,141 (2010).

• Auto theft: 669 (2011) vs. 741 (2010), 9.7 percent reduction.

In November 2011, Federal Way police reported that the city experienced its lowest crime rate in

the city’s history. This lower crime rate occurred despite reductions in police staffing during the past three years. Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson credited the Special Operations Unit for a 50 percent reduction in crime downtown. The unit consists of officers that focus on the transit center, city parks and the downtown core.

In 2011, Federal Way had a total of 129 commissioned police officers. Federal Way has a population of about 89,300 residents, making it the 11th largest city in Washington as of the 2010 Census. As for the number of commissioned officers per 1,000 citizens, Federal Way’s rate is 1.37, compared to Auburn (1.41), Renton (1.32) and Bellevue (1.43).

State battles whooping cough epidemic

By Greg Allmain gallmain@fedwaymirror.com

With Washington experiencing one of the worst whooping cough epidemics in decades, Gov. Christine Gregoire announced May 3 that she’s releasing additional funds to the state Department of Health (DOH) to help combat the dangerous disease.

According to the state’s most recent statistics, 1,132 cases of whooping cough had been reported as of April 28. If the epidemic continues at this rate, the state anticipates 2012 will see more than 3,000 cases, an amount not seen in decades.

Along with the additional state money, Gregoire also appealed

to the federal government to allow the state to re-direct other funds toward the purchase of the whooping cough vaccine, a move federal health officials approved last week.

“I’ve been following the epidemic closely and the continued increase in cases has me very concerned about the health of our residents,” Gregoire said. “I’m especially concerned about the vulnerable babies in our communities that are too young to be fully immunized. These actions will help state and local health leaders get vaccine into people’s arms so we can stem the tide.”

Also known as pertussis, whooping cough can last six weeks or more.

This contagious bacterial disease is characterized by the “whoop” sound made by the child taking a breath after coughing.

State Secretary of Health Mary Selecky declared the whooping cough outbreak an epidemic in April, saying the rates Washington is experiencing are unprecedented in the time she’s been the state’s top health officer.

“In my 13 years as secretary, this is the first time I’ve had to use the word ‘epidemic’ about disease in our state,” Selecky said. “Pertussis is very serious, especially for babies. It’s vital that teens and adults are current on their immunizations because they’re often the ones who give

whooping cough to babies. We’re headed for unprecedented numbers of cases. We’ve got to keep spreading the word to help prevent the spread of illness.”

Gregoire freed up an additional $90,000 from her office’s emergency fund, with that money aimed at helping continue to increase awareness about the whooping cough epidemic. That additional $90,000 augments the $210,000 in existing funds the DOH already had available. She was able to get the Centers for Disease Control to allow the state to use federal funding usually spent on other immunizations to instead be spent on 27,000 doses of whooping cough vaccine.

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Police Blotter

Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log: • New inductee in the Stupid Criminal Hall of Fame: At 3:56 p.m. May 6 in the 35000 block of 21st Avenue SW, a woman entered a store and stole a drill by concealing it in the undercarriage of her baby stroller.

According to the report, police were able to locate her because she had signed up for a drawing at the store, and provided her name and address as part of her entry.

• Another inductee in the Stupid Criminal Hall of Fame: At 12:12 a.m. May 4 in the 1100 block of South 348th Street, police responded to a welfare check of a man laying on the sidewalk. When police spoke with the man, he said he was waiting for a bus, although he was not at a bus stop. A check of the man’s name came back with an outstanding warrant from Burien, and the man was arrested and taken to the SCORE jail.

• Forged prescriptions: At 2:53 p.m. May 4 in the 2100 block of SW 336th Street, a woman was caught attempting to pass off a forged prescription form. According to the report, the woman was using the info for her ex-husband, a doctor, and admitted to such after being caught.

• Meth addicts work on car in parking lot: At 9:38 p.m. May 4 in the 34000 block of 16th Avenue South, it was reported that two men appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine in a store parking lot. According to the report, the two were working on a vehicle in a store parking lot. Upon arrival, police were able to easily see paraphernalia for injecting meth inside the vehicle, and arrested the two men.

• At least he didn’t wake up in a bathtub full of ice: At 11:16 a.m.

May 5 in the 31000 block of Pacific Highway South, a man reported that a number of his belongings had gone

missing, including his wallet and other personal effects. According to the report, the man had been cited and released for a DUI the night before.

The man said he had attempted to find a cab home. Instead, according to the report, the man woke up in an unknown vehicle in the parking lot of a hotel in Kent, with a receipt for a room at the hotel.

• Random assault: At 12:16 p.m.

May 5 in the 28000 block of Military Road South, the victim was walking home when he was approached by two males. According to the report, the two males demanded the victim’s phone and necklace. The victim refused, at which point one of the men restrained him, while the other repeatedly punched him in the face and head.

According to the report, the victim was mildly concussed and required treatment at St. Francis Hospital.

• Man flashes gun over driving incident: At 1:06 a.m. May 6 in the 2000 block of SW Campus Drive, a man reported that an unknown male had flashed a firearm at him after they got into a dispute over a driving incident.

According to the report, a police check of the area was unable to locate the unknown suspect.

• Friend’s theft earns man a beating: At 2:22 a.m. May 6 in the 35000 block of 21st Avenue SW, a man was assaulted by a group of five men.

According to the report, the victim believed he was targeted because a friend of his had stolen a jacket from a member of the group recently.

• Hit-and-run suspect: At 5:44 a.m. May 6, a woman reported that an unknown suspect had crashed into her car. According to the woman, the unknown male suspect then fled on foot after the crash. A check of the vehicle showed it was stolen.

• Family fears overdose: At 11:32 a.m. May 6 in the 28000 block of Pacific Highway South, a family reported that one family member may have overdosed. According to the family, the suspect admitted to taking ecstasy.

Upon arrival, police discovered four small blue pills in the man’s pockets.

The man was then transported to St. Francis Hospital for further treatment.

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Loaded lessons from Tennessee

My wife and I just got back from a stay in Tennessee. Along the way, we attended a seminar for firearms lawyers from all over the United States.

It is amazing how quickly the laws are changing around the nation as courts strike down one statute after another in places like Chicago, North Carolina and New York City.

For example, a federal judge struck down a law in North Carolina that illegally empowered authorities to confiscate firearms during public emergencies. King County has a law just like it, but the politicians claim it would never be used.

King County’s law violates the Washington State Constitution and our state’s preemption statute that prohibits local governments like King County from enacting gun laws that are more restrictive than state law.

Here’s hoping the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, a great organization that has taken the lead in many of the other cases around the nation, has King County dialed under their legal cross hairs.

I asked Angie Vogt, the former voice of conservative thought in Federal Way, to tell me what she is doing now that she lives in Tennessee.

Angie sent me a picture of what she affectionately referred to as her version of “group therapy” — a paper target from her last shooting session with all the shots tightly grouped together.

She’s a good shot, apparently.

Angie shared a story on how, even in Tennessee, the media often spins the public perception on stories involving guns. Prior to the last Tennessee legislative session, gun owners with carry permits were not allowed to bring their firearms into any establishment that sells alcohol. In other words, you had to leave your gun in the car when going into a 7-11 for a Big Gulp.

Restrictions like that made it impractical to pack a gun, and many folks will choose to leave their gun at home. A pistol does not do much good stowed in the car, and the best way to keep it from getting into the wrong hands is to wear it on your person. I’m glad we don’t have laws like that in Washington.

When Republicans in Tennessee took over the Legislature after 2010, they tightened up the law by simply declaring that anybody carrying a firearm in public places cannot consume alcohol.

What was the headline the next day? Legislature: Guns Should Be Permitted in Bars.

Angie is trying to decide what kind of gun to purchase and has her license to carry in Tennessee. She has taken a few gun safety courses. She practices with a 9mm, .22- and .35-caliber pistols, semi-auto and rifle. She can’t decide whether to buy a pistol to carry or one for sport. Angie likes shooting the 9mm semi-auto and plans to try a [ more KNAPP page 8 ]

Big Brother’s local electronic eyeballs Not long ago, I submitted a letter to the editor after I witnessed a woman getting her car’s picture taken by a robot camera in a school zone when the lights started blinking after she passed through them.

She read my letter in The Mirror and somehow got my telephone number to call me. I wrote a letter for her to give to the judge when she went to court to defend herself for not observing

Mark Knapp

Ferrell starts life as a Democrat Skip Priest, who seems certain to run for re-election. This time Ferrell wouldn’t have to split Republican votes with Priest and he would have support from many Democrats.

What if another well known Democrat decides to run? Also, while Priest now has a record as mayor that could be subject to challenge, he still won’t be easy to beat. Ferrell hasn’t separated himself from the mayor on very many issues. Running for mayor is a gamble for Ferrell — possibly winnable, but still a gamble.

Ferrell could hope that President Barack Obama wins a second term and taps Congressman Adam Smith for a cabinet position, thereby vacating his District 9 congressional seat. Ferrell could hope that Smith simply doesn’t run in two years. Smith’s new district is much more Democratic. Either outcome would allow Ferrell to consider running for Congress.

Since much of the new district is farther north, including part of Seattle, it would attract a large field of candidates. Ferrell is not well known outside of Federal Way. This looks like a long shot and would seem the least likely.

However, if Ferrell’s goal is to run for statewide office someday, then a more likely option is to run for the state Legislature. Earlier this year, he passed up a chance to run for Mark Miloscia’s vacant House seat, but he could look at the State Senate.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Tracey Eide is up for election in two years, but there are several impediments that are beyond Ferrell’s control.

First, Eide may run again. She may also be interested in seeing if Brad Owen steps down in [ more ROEGNER page 8 ] Bob Roegner

The dust hasn’t fully settled from Federal Way City Councilman Jim Ferrell’s announcement that he has changed political parties. But the dust will settle soon, and the reality of the decision will start to sink in.

Whether the switch was based on principle or pragmatic political gain, it is now irreversible, and in the cold world of partisan politics, it has consequences.

Some are supportive of the move, others may not be.

The question now on many minds: was this a good career decision and how will the change affect any plans Ferrell has to run for higher office?

By previous moves, Ferrell has already placed himself in an awkward position. He is in his third term on the city council. After he and some of his supporters spent several months pushing the city council to discuss term limits for the mayor and city council, Ferrell could have a credibility problem if he runs for a fourth term in two years.

It likely wouldn’t be fatal because Ferrell is a good campaigner. If you are going to stand on the high road of principle in switching parties, it may test the public’s tolerance if you then say term limits are for other people.

An even more casuistry position would be that you achieved your goal just because the council actually did discuss, and reject, implementing term limits. Bifurcating the issue that way might work in a court of law, but not in the one of public accountability. That puts Ferrell in a position of probably having to run for another office within two years if he wants to maintain a political career path.

He could run for mayor next year against

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the warning lights. I do not know how her situation turned out.

Just prior to that, I sent another letter to the editor because two of our family’s cars were roboflashed at the same school zone in front of Twin Lakes Elementary for going 28 mph in the 20 mph school zone.

I received several calls at home as well as numerous comments at Starbucks and at my church from people who were similarly cited.

A couple of them thought it was interesting that they also were sent violation citations for going 28 mph in school zones.

Our family just received another school zone violation citation by mail. Guess what? This third one (I was the guilty party in two of the three) was for going 28 mph.

I have an excuse, but what is the point if Big Brother had his electronic eyeballs on me all the

while? Is it coincidence, conspiracy or bureaucratic laziness that so many school zone violations are for going 28 mph?

Matt Sato, Federal Way

School furloughs: Is there a better way?

How is it that a state Legislature can trumpet no education cuts in the recently passed budget, and how is it that the collective

memory is so short that the hardcold fact of impending furlough days for the next two school years is forgotten by most?

There are 3.5 for Federal Way School District next school year, and 3.5 the following year.

So when parents, recently reawakened school employees, and the media get a hold of this, how will it be spun?

Parents, do you fully understand the day-care implications?

Instead of your tax-dollar funded child care, you’re going to have [ more LETTERS page 7 ]

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www.federalwaymirror.com [ LETTERS from page 6] to pony up/do something for seven individual half days of early dismissal. There’s no other way to still fulfill the “180 school day” requirement. Math note: in just what system of reckoning does one-half equal 1? Only in WA legislature math, apparently.

School teachers, what about you? Just how much is a pay cut of 3.5 days? Do the math — that means take what you’re currently earning in yearly gross pay. Divide that by 180. That’s how much you earn each day. Granted, we get it spread out over 12 months.

Now, multiply that number by 3.5. That’s your pay cut for the furlough days. Note: it’s not as much as you’ve been earning this year. Perhaps you’re still on the salary schedule where you move up a step, so maybe it balances out for you. However, after about half your career, you’ve topped out that “ladder,” so there is a significant number of us who will get a cut in pay, period, and then another the following year.

What about all the classified folks who are paid hourly? Many of these folks, who already earn barely/less than livable wages, are in exactly the same boat we are: no kids in school, no pay...

I don’t know a solution to this, and the greater fiscal problems our state faces. I wasn’t in the Legislature the past several years, but, Jiminey Cricket, folks… there’s got to be a better way.

My bills haven’t gone down, and now college tuition (and

anyone notice the announcement about UW/WSU double digit tuition increases?) for our older son is starting. As for me, and my family, anyone out there hiring in a part-time position?

Lisa K Johnston, Federal Way

Schools love salmon We are pleased to read that more schools are starting to be involved with “restoring the salmon” project.

At Spring Valley Montessori School here in Federal Way, as part of our environmental studies, our students have been raising salmon from eggs and releasing them as fingerlings to the West Hylebos Creek that runs through our campus. Our upper elementary students help the younger students (ages preschool and up) in this most rewarding project.

Lori Sweeney, Federal Way

High hospital bills I was in to see a friend at the local hospital in Federal Way. She was very ill and unable to feed and drink on her own.

On her tray was a large bottle of orange drink unopened, and also an opened bottle of Ensure. Also on the tray were two bottles of Ensure that also were unopened.

Ensure is not cheap.

While visiting with my friend, a person brought in another unopened bottle of Ensure, making four bottles. I questioned why they brought some more of the drink and was told it was hospital policy. I asked what kind of policy

was that, which she couldn’t answer. So I said, “can you take these back?” And I was told no. Next question was, “what are you going to do with them?” And I was told, “we just throw them away.”

At this point, my blood went to boil. Here is an ill person with all the costly drinks going in the trash, but being put on her bill.

What a sin. No wonder our hospital and insurance bills are so high.

I should have checked to see how many toothbrushes and toothpaste she was having to pay for.

JoAnn Bernovich, Federal Way

What’s the point of switching parties?

After hearing the news about Federal Way City Councilman Jim Ferrell and his decision to leave the Republican Party and become a Democrat, I had to think long and hard what I would want to say to this “turn coat.”

Councilman Ferrell, for several years, since you unseated Mary Gates from the Federal Way City Council, I believed you to be of higher intelligence, and I believed in your feelings for the citizens of Federal Way. You ran for mayor of our great city, but in a very close race, you lost to Mayor Skip Priest. And you showed true class when you let Mayor Priest know you would support him.

Do you know the difference between capitalism and socialism? If not, then to put it in simple terms: Capitalism stands for freedom and “We the People.” Socialism is being put under government

ownership, and this is happening to our country today, under this administration. You can believe it or not. I’m sorry you deem it necessary to turn your back on a party that supported you for many years, but that is what makes our country so great, you have that freedom of choice. But I guess you don’t think it is up to the citizens to have choices.

To set the record straight, I am not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor a conservative, nor a Tea Party person. I think for myself, and have for over 70 years, as an independent senior who makes my own decisions.

Pat Gee, Federal Way

An ode to my friend Walter Backstrom On any given day, you might have seen Walter Backstrom at Denny’s Restaurant in Federal Way. The manager and waitresses all knew Walter and would hear his enthusiastic laughter on most days, especially if he was planning on spending time with his daughter. She was his sole purpose for living. I met Walter when he was umpiring baseball and fast-pitch softball with local youth teams.

He was an imposing figure. He took control of the games. It was obvious he enjoyed supporting the kids. He was giving back to the sporting community. He was a very good high school athlete and played college football on a scholarship.

Walter would share his dreams with me frequently. He had writ-

ten a book, “No Excuses,” which I believe sums up his life. He believed in the American dream of success. He believed that by hard work and education, you really could be anything you wanted to be. I heard him stress that many times with his daughter.

Recently, I was fortunate enough to be asked by Walter Backstrom to participate in a minority scholarship program at a local middle school that will allow minority students to go to Washington, D.C., next month.

Walter wanted the kids to meet the president. Walter Backstrom cared about our youth. Walter always planned big.

Walter was excited about being a state delegate in the current political campaigns and was working toward attending the national convention. Walter Backstrom understood and was active in social, political, and local school issues. He recently had published articles in the Tacoma and Seattle newspapers.

I knew and cared for Walter Backstrom. He was a good person. I will miss him.

Underneath Walter’s appearance and behavior, I knew he was ill. You would never know it unless you were close friends. He was a proud person who was going through some hard times.

His passing will always remind me that sometimes people look OK and act OK, but you never know what a person is going through. I am glad that I was able to reach out to Walter Backstrom.

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Sound Transit seeks members for a citizens advisory board From staff reports

Sound Transit is seeking to immediately fill an opening on its Citizen Oversight Panel, and is encouraging interested individuals to apply, especially from the South King County and Pierce County subareas.

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[ ROEGNER from page 6] four years as Lt. Governor, assuming Owens is re-elected again this year. If a Republican wins, that will also be part of Eide’s considerations. Either way, it requires Eide to run in two years to keep her options in four years open.

Also, with Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s announcement that she won’t run for re-election this year, there is going to be a shakeup at the top of the Democratic leadership. Where Eide emerges in that may also play a role in her decision, but even if Eide doesn’t run again, Ferrell wouldn’t necessarily be the favorite to capture the seat.

If Republican State Rep. Katrina Asay is re-elected this fall, she could be interested in stepping up. Or if either Republicans Tony Moore or Linda Kochmar win Miloscia’s seat, they could be interested.

And a bigger challenge for Ferrell as a new Democrat: what if current Democratic candidates Roger Flygare, Thom MacFarlane or Rick Hoffman win either or both of the House seats this fall? They would have first call on a vacant Senate seat. Even if none of the three win a House seat this

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According to some people, St. Louis is one of the most violent cities in America.

Our motel clerk told us the violence on the streets of St. Louis is due to laws that make guns readily available in Missouri. He advised us that the laws in Missouri should restrict gun ownership.

Unfortunately, I never got an opportunity to ask the clerk whether Missouri’s supposedly permissive gun laws are responsible for all the abandoned buildings that we saw boarded up along many city blocks.

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year, they could still be interested in a Senate vacancy and have a much longer Democratic pedigree than Ferrell.

There are a lot of “ifs” about this option for Ferrell.

But to add a little twist: if he hasn’t already been asked, Ferrell will soon be asked to endorse all the Democrats running for the Legislature. If Ferrell doesn’t endorse them, he won’t last very long in the Democratic party, and he won’t get much support from Democrats in a future run for office.

If he does endorse them, the next few months working with Kochmar on the city council could be uncomfortable. Also, he could find his relationship with Tony Moore strained, and remember, they have each used the same person as a campaign manager, which might further complicate future scenarios.

At this point, Ferrell’s political path doesn’t necessarily look much smoother on the Democratic side than it did on the Republican side. Could the switch have been a mistake? In politics, things can change pretty rapidly, so only time will tell.

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

magnificent windows are completely broken. Communities seem to have fallen apart, but there are also beautiful old neighborhoods — especially around the university district. We visited the most immense and beautiful cathedral I have ever seen.

In the Deep South, where the Bible-reading gun clingers reign, things seem prosperous and law abiding.

Further to the north from St. Louis lies my hometown of Chicago, where guns have not been available legally for years. Chicago saw almost 50 slayings during one recent weekend.

Thus, I think it is appropriate that the NRA holds national conventions in places like Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

Next year, the convention will be in Houston, Texas.

We can take back our cities by identifying the agenda of big government control for what it is — a recipe for tyranny that destroys families and communities.

I don’t know whether the decay of the neighborhoods in St. Louis causes the violence on the streets, or whether it is the availability of guns.

I will never be able to figure out why the motel clerk in St. Louis was horrified about honest people being able to have guns while so much violent crime was going on around him.

If I go to St. Louis again, I will take my gun with me.

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Abstinence, sexism and today’s youth: Just say know is the only 100 percent way to prevent pregnancy and STDs.” I’d be sailing in the Caribbean right now on an extended holiday.

Heritage Keepers goes beyond encouraging abstinence. This program teaches that “girls have a responsibility to wear modest clothing that doesn’t invite lustful thoughts,” according to the Heritage Keepers student manual.

In addition, “young women are asked to envision their wedding day: ‘Everything is just as you have seen it in a million daydreams…’ When the bride takes her father’s arm: ‘Your true love stands at the front.

This is the man who you have waited for (remained abstinent for) and who has waited for you…This man wants to be strong and courageous for you, to cherish and protect you…

You are ready to trust him with all that you have and all that you are, because you have waited (sexually) you have it all to give.’” (Source: rhrealitycheck.org) Aside from the sexism of Amy Johnson

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I was so excited when the Department of Health and Human Services decided to endorse only “evidencebased” programs for sexuality education — programs that are proven to reduce teen pregnancy, delay onset of sexual activity, and reduce the occurrence of STDs in teens.

This has been a defining piece of this administration’s supposed commitment to using federal dollars to fund only science-based sexuality education curricula for our youth.

I should have known better.

In the last month, three new programs were silently added to this coveted list— no fanfare, no press release, no announcement. Among them, a program called “Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education.”

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a huge fan of abstinence. I’ve written more than one article about it, and I encourage abstinence with teens. I wish I had a dime for every time I’ve said “Abstinence

saying girls are responsible for anyone else’s lustful thoughts and behavior because of what they wear, and that women need protecting, this abstinence-only program is out of touch with the reality of today’s youth. It’s also immoral and unethical.

Programs like these, that on the surface seem to promote an ideal outcome, completely ignore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive youth —populations in need of life-saving health information that sexuality education classes are supposed to be providing.

If you have life-saving and health-promoting information for youth, and you don’t give it to them, it’s unethical and immoral.

In addition, programs like these discount youth who live in “nontraditional” households. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 29 percent of children in Washington live in single-parent homes — which is only one type of nontraditional household.

What about those children living with grandparents? Aunts and uncles?

Two moms or dads? Foster homes?

And what about the one in four girls and one in six boys who are sexually abused by the age of 18?

Where is their daydream?

Eighty-six percent of sexual abuse incidents against 12-17-year-olds go unreported to any authority.

By holding virginity as the ideal, these programs don’t help. That’s unethical and immoral.

According to RHReality Check: “It is not enough to help some students delay

sexual initiation while leaving others ill-equipped to protect themselves when they do have sex. It is unacceptable to promote teen pregnancy prevention at the cost of ostracizing LGBT youth, survivors of sexual assault, or youth who are sexually active.”

Amen, sisters. We need to do better than promoting sexist versions of futures that make adults feel better.

Our youth need enough information to be equipped to handle the complicated and potentially life-altering

decisions our culture expects them to make.

Just say no? I don’t think so. Just say know.

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Grants help Federal Way reduce waste, boost recycling

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The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) awarded over $18.8 million in grants to cities and counties throughout the state, including $97,743 to Federal Way. The total grant to Federal Way is $130,324, with the city matching 25 percent of

the state funding.

The Coordinated Prevention Grants, according to DOE, are meant to “support waste reduction and recycling and solid waste enforcement” in the state, and are awarded every two years.

The grants more specifically help communities “manage solid and household hazardous wastes,

prevent illegal dumping, and promote recycling and composting programs.” The continuation of these grants help support 393 jobs, according to DOE. The program was initially funded by a 1988 vote, which taxed wholesale distributors of petroleum and other hazardous materials.

“These grants give local governments resources

to provide their residents the services they want and expect,” said Laurie Davies, the program manager for DOE’s Waste 2 Resource program.

“These are also effective approaches from an economic standpoint.

Preventing toxics exposure, reducing wastes, and proper management disposal are smarter, cheaper and

healthier than doing costly cleanups later.”

Among some of the projects the grant program has funded are collection events for hazardous waste, the building of regional composting facilities, and offering yard-waste disposal options.

In Federal Way, this year’s round of funding will go toward backyard composting

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The funding will aid the continuation of events designed for residents to recycle or dispose of difficult items, and efforts to assist businesses with recycling, among others.

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The hospital opened on May 6, 1987. Through its comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services and multiple community outreach programs, the hospital is essential to the quality of life in Federal Way and South King County.

St. Francis was the first, and remains the only, hospital in the city of 89,300 residents. The hospital had about 350 employees when it first opened. Now with more than 1,000 employees, the acute-care facility is one of the largest employers in Federal Way. The hospital was originally licensed for 110 beds by the Washington State Department of Health. The number of licensed beds has since increased to 134 in order to meet the needs of the growing community.

During its most recent fiscal year (July 2010-June 2011), St. Francis Hospital and its physicians, nurses and other staff: • Responded to 49,720 patient visits in the 24-hour emergency department • Admitted 9,921 patients for in-hospital care that lasted overnight or longer • Received 54,273 patient visits for a range of outpatient services • Welcomed 1,162 newborns at the Family Birth Center (by comparison, about 600 babies were born at St. Francis during the hospital’s first year of

business) The hospital is located on 9th Avenue South on a 22-acre property off South 348th Street. Construction of the hospital began in August 1985.

Other milestones over the years at the hospital: • The St. Francis Outpatient Center opened in January 2002. The 62,500-square-foot facility includes same-day surgery, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, physical, speech and occupational therapies, and other services.

• The 30-bed Critical Care Unit, and the remodeled Emergency Department, opened in September 2008. The Critical Care Unit includes 14 private rooms for medically critical patients who need intensive monitoring by specially trained caregivers, and 16 private progressive-care rooms for patients that require a higher level of monitoring than routinely provided in medical and surgical units.

• In 2009, the hospital’s nurses and other front-line caregivers were selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to participate in a national initiative designed to improve quality of care in medical and surgical units across the U.S. • St. Francis was named one of the best hospitals for gynecological care in the Seattle-Tacoma market

by U.S. News and World Report magazine in 2011.

• The Women’s Health and Breast Center at St. Francis Hospital is designated as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence by the National Consortium of Breast Centers.

College Readiness Pathway comes to Federal Way schools

By Greg Allmain gallmain@fedwaymirror.com

Federal Way Public Schools will roll out its College Readiness Pathway next year.

The program is aimed at getting students in grades 8-12 to begin thinking about life after school, whether it’s a four-year college, a vocational school, or heading straight into the workforce.

Dr. Josh Garcia, assistant superintendent of Teaching for Learning for FWPS, outlined the district’s plans next year, chief among them a testing/advising day to be held on Oct. 17.

Along with that testing day being offered during the week, the costs for taking the tests and utilizing some of the advisory and tutoring tools will be free to students and families.

“This fall, Federal Way Public Schools will be utilizing the College Board’s College Readiness Pathway for all students. This integrated series of assessments is deigned for 8th through 12th grades to measure, monitor and direct student progress from middle school through high school to ensure college and career readiness,” Garcia said during the school board’s April 24 meeting.

Eighth-graders will participate in a “low stakes” test known as the ReadiStep test. The aim of this test, Garcia said, will be to measure students’ skill levels for college and career preparation.

“We may miss some kids with our standardized tests. This is a test that can allow us to say to kids, ‘You should be automatically enrolled into an honors class. It’s great additional data. It provides insight into the student’s academic progress, and also equips educators with tools they can use to make informed decisions in the classroom.”

Garcia noted this eighthgrade test can also be used as an alternative assessment for teachers and students in regards to meeting the Standards Based Education program’s Power Standards and Learning Targets.

For ninth-graders, there will not be much of a change, Garcia said. The

district plans to have those students continue to take the Pre-SAT (PSAT) test.

10th-graders will gain access to an online tool called My College QuickStart next year, Garcia said, with the hope of helping that grade have a more focused and intentional direction.

“We’ve really struggled on how to find ways to stop, pause and reflect,” Garcia said. “My College QuickStart is an online advisory program that helps with timing, timelines, different skills, how to read your PSAT scores. It’s a way for (students) to stop and pause, and think about the greater goals without having to put additional pressure on them that’s not needed.”

11th grade will remain mostly static, Garcia said.

He briefly touched on opening access for students to take part in the National Merit Scholarship program. For seniors, as was already mentioned, the SAT will be offered during the week, and will also be at no cost to students and their families. Tutoring tools specifically tailored to the SAT will be made available online to students at no cost, Garcia said.

“Federal Way, according to the College Board, is the first district in the western region of the United States, to be able to do a mid-week SAT for all seniors,” Garcia said. “(FWPS) will also be one of the few districts in the nation to develop a college readiness assessment path at no additional charge for the family.”

Federal Way School Board director Danny Peterson said this was a step in the right direction.

“I’m excited to see how many students, after being offered to take the SAT… how many more kids will choose to go on that pathway toward college,” he said.

Garcia noted that while a large chunk of the program is aimed at college readiness, it’s also aimed at just getting students and families to focus on life beyond high school.

“We’re removing the barriers so they have a realistic choice on whether or not they can or want to attend (college),” he said.

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Two men were taken into custody Wednesday by Kent Police following an early morning theft and car chase that exceeded speeds of 100 mph and was captured on Washington State Department of Transportation traffic cameras.

The incident started shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday when a Kent Police sergeant on patrol saw a vehicle parked alongside a bank of mailboxes in an industrial park in north

Kent, according to Kent Police media release. As the officer approached, the car drove toward the officer’s vehicle, and then fled onto the West Valley Highway in an effort to lose the officer.

The officer was able to catch up to the fleeing vehicle and followed the driver to southbound Highway 167.

Once on Highway 167, the driver accelerated to speeds in excess of 100 mph in an effort to elude trailing police units. The driver of the car, a 20-year-old Federal Way man, eventually lost control of his car while attempting to navigate an exit ramp at Highway 18 in Auburn. The vehicle spun for a short distance whereupon

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From left to right: Emory Lunsford, Interim Manager of Clinics; Darcy Simioniw, X-Ray Tech; Dwayne Flemming, LPN; Scott Fox, DO, physician; Kelly Wolverton, Registration; Robert Dickens, Chief Operating Officer; Larry Coomes, CEO; Mason Hudson, Human Resource Director; Brett Thomas, Marketing. COURTESY PHOTO

Urgent Care clinic marks 5 years at Federal Way Crossings complex

to go to a hospital emergency room,” said Dr. Scott Fox, DO, one of the physicians, in a news release.

The urgent care physicians have emergency room experience. The 4,000 square-foot From staff reports facility is equipped with digital X-ray and a casting and Auburn Regional Urgent procedure room. They care for Care and Occupational Medipatients with everything cine physicians and staff ranging from fevers and recently celebrated five flu to minor burns, years of service at their BUSINESS fractures and cuts. The Federal Way Crossings facility also provides location where they sports physicals, and ochave treated more than cupational health services 40,000 patients. such as drug testing, physical The clinic — tucked next exams, and treating on-the-job to BECU and Jamba Juice — injuries. serves patients on a walk-in The clinic is located at 1413 S. basis, without an appointment, 348th St., L-104, in the Federal six days a week.

Way Crossings (at Pacific High“Because we are an urgent way South and South 348th care, we see patients who need Street). Contact: (253) 874help right away, but who are not 2000. so sick or injured that they have

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Community Health and Resource Fair: The American Cancer Society’s Federal Way Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. June 1 at Saghalie Park, 33914 19th Ave. SW. A community health and resource fair will run 5 to 8 p.m. June 1. Federal Way businesses will provide information for healthy living and eating. The fair will also focus on cancer patients and caregivers. Free massages and acupuncture will be offered.

Contact Robin Lulich: (253) 833-4120.

Since a number of Federal Way’s students are homeless and depend on the school for breakfast and lunch, she said, they don’t happily look forward to the summer break because that would ration their daily meals.

One young man who is destined to go somewhere is the affable and articulate Caleb Dawson, the newly-elected ASB president of Federal Way High School who wowed the audience with his speech.

What a wonderful medley of prayer and good company and great oration, and just sterling camaraderie. That humble Asian lady who sat at my table was the ultimate prayer warrior, if there was one.

Aside from the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City, drawing upward of 4,000 people to its prayer meeting every Tuesday evening, I have never known prayer to hold a starring role inside the church. But could we be mistaken?

Some would argue that New York’s Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, begun in 1857, and the great Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles in 1906, were monumental in shaping our nation’s spiritual consciousness. But we’re talking about more than 100 years ago here.

Truth be told, many proponents seeking to have prayer in public schools today have no meaningful prayer life themselves, either in the church or at home. Now, what an embarrassment that would be if that rude awakening were ever to be tossed into prayer proponents’ faces.

While prayer hardly ever gets the press coverage it deserves, it has a way of binding kindred hearts in unity like no other forms of spiritual activities. In other Nandell Palmer

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If there’s ever a time we need prayer in our nation, it’s now.

Don’t worry about uttering special phrases or perfecting the right posture. If all you can do is grunt during your quiet time in reverence, then those grunts are saying a thousand words.

On May 3, a group of Federal Way’s clergy, politicians, police officers, business executive, and rank-and-file folk, gathered at The Commons Mall for the annual Prayer Breakfast to pray for our city, state and country — and the inhabitants therein.

Coach Bob Roach, the brainchild behind this event, ought to be commended for his dedication and service over the years for this refresher in our fair city.

Since man shall not live by prayer alone, we were feted to a most succulent breakfast and a musical treat that revved up the place a few notches.

Patrick Eskew and his three fellow singers from Our Savior’s Baptist Church brought good news through their powerful renditions. For a while, I thought Bill Gaither’s quartet was in the house.

They could switch to contemporary gospel just like that as well.

Gifted is a mild word to describe this awesome group.

The very glib Danielle Encinas from Overcomer Covenant Church had the audience in rapt attention as she described her life of prostitution as a young girl under the bondage of human trafficking. She’s now a happily married wife and mother — thanks to prayer.

Pam Tuggle, the adorable principal of Lakota Middle School, also brought greetings from her school, and extolled the virtue of being our brothers/sisters’ keepers.

words, one love.

Get out of the way some, as this neglected pastime is stepping into the limelight as never before. Don your party hats because prayer is about to throw the all-time celebrated bash of the century.

In some people’s minds, prayer’s only claim to fame is that miracles can happen when they’re at their wit’s end. Sometimes! Prayer is a lot more exciting than anybody ever dreamed. It is the conduit to hope and despair.

When the power of prayer is unleashed, nobody can truly predict what might truly happen.

Prayer can get you from the pit to the palace. It is said by the pauper’s daughter and the rich man’s son. It is the great equalizer.

Politicians and school superintendents and doctors and teachers and CEOs and law enforcement officers are never independent of our collective prayers. And as one person said, when email is not available, then “knee mail” is always at the ready.

In hard times, when legions are out of work, struggling to put food on the table and pay their mortgage, and when they don’t know where next to turn, prayer can become that fulcrum in otherwise failed situations. Know that your prayer is only one heartbeat away.

All of us have a chance to make prayer the spiritual food of choice.

Let’s make prayer chic even outside the four walls of the church, synagogue, temple, and mosque.

In the meantime, you pray for me and I pray for you. You pray and I’ll pray, too.

Federal Way resident Nandell Palmer is president of Write A Blessing Media, a document production company. A business journalist for 20 years, he teaches writing and proofreading to corporate and private clients. Contact: palmern777@aol.com.

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(Bottom row left to right) Mary Kim (TJHS), Iris Chang (Todd Beamer HS), Chantelle LaMarr (Fife HS), Stephanie Stanek (Decatur HS), Bianea Arizpe (FWHS). (Top row Left to right) Edward Choi (TJHS), Paul Kalebu (Todd Beamer HS), Nathanael Asbury (Fife HS), Daniel Hsu (Decatur HS), Caleb Dawson (FWHS). PHOTO BY STEVEN JOHNSTONE

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Republicans: The 30th District Republicans meet 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Intellipass, 1925 S. 341st Place. To learn more, visit Facebook and search for Kcgop 30th District. Also inquire about free filing to become a precinct committee officer.

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This year’s $1,000 grand prize winner is Brad Blunci. The $200 garbage service credit winners are Myra Aho, Dan Ayers, Peggy Beck, Chris Buchanan, Joanne Harrell, John Houde, Rose Jacobi, Peter Johnson, George Torralba, and Donald Viele. The $50 gift card winners are Helena Cho, Janice Cockerham-Twigg, Teddie Cummings, Dianne Ferguson, Jessica Gandulin, John Howard, Kandi Kimberling, Michele Peterson, Marco Sauri and Phil Sell. COURTESY PHOTO

Driver smashes into several vehicles in Twin Lakes A vehicle jumped the curb at a high rate of speed and smashed several parked cars off South 320th Street in the Twin Lakes Apartments area early morning May 10 in Federal Way. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. There were no fatalities. The male driver of a PT Cruiser was later arrested. A background check revealed he was driving with a suspended license, police said. CASEY OLSON, The Mirror

Sumpter wows ADTA with ‘Top Shot’ stories Federal Way Police Cmdr. Kyle Sumpter dazzled attendees of the Armed Defense Training Association’s May 3 meeting with stories of his experiences on “Top Shot,” which airs on The History Channel. To learn more about ADTA, contact ed@edstreitimages.com or visit ArmedDefense.org. COURTESY OF ED STREIT

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What do 10,000 pounds of confidential documents, a $1,000 grand prize, 550 people and 18 vendors all have in common? The second annual Family Green Fest and Recycle Palooza Event, which took place April 28 at the Federal Way Community Center.

In addition to the 5 tons of confidential documents shredded courtesy of Woodstone Credit Union, WestSide Baby collected 40 car seats for recycling and 15 car seats for reuse, while Styro Recycle accepted 20 cubic yards of Styrofoam for recycling. The Federal Way Police Department collected 160 pounds of old medication as part of the statewide DEA drug take-back service.

The green festival presented information on a variety of green topics including recycling, composting, green building,

hazardous waste, green gardening, energy conservation, green cleaning, natural foods and supplements, and more.

The event featured the conclusion of the 2012 Recycle Palooza contest where 45 Federal Way residents competed in a recycling sorting contest for a chance to win prizes, courtesy of Waste Management. This year’s $1,000 grand prize winner is Brad Blunci. The $200 garbage service credit winners are Myra Aho, Dan Ayers, Peggy Beck, Chris Buchanan, Joanne Harrell, John Houde, Rose Jacobi, Peter Johnson, George Torralba, and Donald Viele.

The $50 gift card winners are Helena Cho, Janice Cockerham-Twigg, Teddie Cummings, Dianne Ferguson, Jessica Gandulin, John Howard, Kandi Kimberling, Michele Peterson, Marco Sauri and Phil Sell.

The record turnout at this year’s event indicates Federal Way residents’ consistent support for recycling and sustainability.

A bigger venue may be used in 2013 to accommodate the crowd and expand the event. Learn more at www.cityoffederalway. com/recyclepalooza.

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Federal Way students with developmental disabilities are learning the ways of the working world, one job at a time.

Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) offers the Employment and Transition Program for about 10 qualifying students per year. These non-paid volunteer jobs cover anything from clerical work, building maintenance, shelf stocking, food service and retail.

A partnership between FWPS and non-profit organization Trillium helps connect students with training for future paid employment. This is a win-win situation for local businesses, which often create positions specifically for the students.

Ivette Estrada, 21, helps twice a week at 3 Dog Deli in Federal Way. Her general duties include preparing food, washing dishes and whatever else needs to be done. On Monday morning, Estrada made meatballs and menu items for the lunch hour.

With graduation on the horizon, the Federal Way High School student is especially excited about a Tuesday interview at Taco Time in Auburn. It would be her first paid job.

“I’ve got a lot going on,” said Estrada, who also interns at Top Foods in

Federal Way — and enjoys spending time with her three sisters, two brothers and two parents. “I’m busy.”

3 Dog Deli owner Lori Oto, often the lone person in the kitchen, appreciates her intern’s help over the past few months.

“She helps me, and I try to help her,” said Oto, who is open to taking in more students who need the real-life experience of a job. “I totally believe in this program.”

Employers who work with disabled Federal Way students include Deseret Industries, Walmart, Vision Express, Safeway, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Jimmy John’s, Family Christian Store, Panera Bread, Heaven Sent and Trader Joe’s.

The partnership between Trillium and Federal Way schools is entering its seventh year. The non-profit organization, based in Auburn, supports 36 students across King County along with students in Clark, Kitsap and Pierce counties. The students deal with cognitive disabilities caused by genetic disorders and traumatic childhood injuries. Ideally, after three years in the program, participants move on to earning a paycheck through permanent employment at age 21. Nearly 85 percent of disabled students who work with Trillium have kept their paying jobs for at least one year.

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are made possible by the Federal Way Arts Commission. Visual artists will have their works on display.

Aria Dance Company and various musical groups will perform throughout the day. Regular admission rates. Info: RhodyGarden. org or (253) 661-9377.

Jazz LIVE at Marine View: Free all-ages monthly concert presents Danny Quintero, the reincarnation of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett in his singing style, at 5 p.m. May 20 at Marine View, 8469 Eastside Drive NE, Tacoma. (253) 229-9206 or www.marineviewpc.org.

Birds: The next meeting of the Rainier Audubon Society will feature a presentation titled “Adventures in Bird Photography”

by Gary Luhm at 7 p.m. May 21 at the Federal Way United Methodist Church, at 51st Avenue and S. 296th Street. Contact Tom Sernka: tomsernka@comcast.net.

Human trafficking: The Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking will meet at 7 p.m. May 22 at the EX3 Ron Sandwith Teen Center, 31453 28th Ave. S., Federal Way. Learn why businesses are key to stopping human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Contact BrendaO@WaEngage.com.

Federal Way Matters: The sixth annual Arlington Northwest Memorial Display will be May 26-28 at Marine Park, 3931 Ruston Way, Tacoma. The collection of symbolic grave markers will be hosted by Veterans for Peace Chapter 134 of Tacoma. The group is assisted in planning by the group called Federal Way Matters, who have been involved in local peace activities.

Contact (253) 355-2539.

Seminar for parents: “Shrinking the No’s” seminar runs 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. May 31 and June 7, focusing on teaching parents ways to spend positive time with their children and reinforce good behavior. To register, call (253) 952-4366.

Diabetes: PacMed in Federal Way is holding a diabetes education course at 9 a.m. May 24. To register, call (206) 667-8427.

South King Fire and Rescue: The board of commissioners’ May 29 meeting has been moved to Station 26, 2238 S. 223rd St., Des

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Bonsai auction: The Puget Sound Bonsai Association will hold its 7th annual auction from noon to 4 p.m. June 2 in the courtyard of Weyerhaeuser’s Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection in Federal Way. This event will feature a live auction, silent auction, a professional critique of trees to be auctioned, a bonsai tree styling demonstration and a collected Suiseki stone exhibit.

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Dancing machines: Pacific Ballroom Dance presents “Dance Into The Light,” an amazing showcase of originally choreographed ballroom dances, featuring Washington’s only youth ballroom formation teams. Show begins at 7 p.m.

June 2 at Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St., Auburn. To learn more, visit www.pacificballroom.org.

Harmony Kings 51st Annual Show: The Federal Way Harmony Kings Barbershop Chorus will host

its 51st Annual Show at 7:04 p.m.

June 9 and 2:04 p.m. June 10 at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St. Joining the Kings are the Northwest Vocal Project, Sweet Adelines Jet Cities Chorus, and the Auburn Mountainview A Cappella Choir. Tickets are $18 for general seating, $5 for ages 18 and under. For tickets and info, contact Dick Shenk at (253) 344-1087 or rshenk3@comcast.net. Also visit harmonykings.org.

PowellsWood Storytelling Festival: This event is coming to Federal Way’s premier private garden on July 13-14. Here’s your chance to listen to master storytellers, or to hone your own storytelling skills. Storytelling for children’s groups will also be on hand. Visit powellswood.org.

Charity golf tourney: The Kiwanis Club of Greater Federal Way is sponsoring its 22nd annual Charity Golf Tournament on July 20 at Whispering Firs Course on Joint Base Lewis McChord. Proceeds

benefit various Federal Way students and organizations. Contact Beverly Triplett: (253) 838-3281 or bevtrip@comcast.net.

Federal Way Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group: Meetings are 6:30 to 8 p.m. first Wednesday of the month at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church, 1829 S. 308th St. Call Janet Ross at (253) 838-4658.

Clothing donations: The MultiService Center Clothing Bank in Federal Way is in need of clothing donations for all members of the family. Contact (253) 838-6810 or territ@multi-servicecenter.com.

Relay for Life: Federal Way organizers seek volunteers and participants in this fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Contact Tarah at tarah.mt1@gmail.com.

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Bowl A Strike Against Cancer: Food is available for purchase.

Gamma Delta chapter of Phi Event is for all ages. Learn Beta Psi presents a silent more about membership and spaghetti and swim lessons. The COMMUNITY auction dinner fundraiser for clubhouse is located at cancer research at 5:30 600 S. 302nd St., Federal p.m. May 12 at Belmor Way. Contact Cristi: (206) clubhouse, 2101 S. 324th 948-2334 or promotions@ St., Federal Way. $9 per marinehillspool.org. person. Contact Pat Jones: (253) 874-8021.

Buds and Blooms Garden Festival: The event returns to Leaders speak: The Federal Federal Way for Mother’s Day Way Noon Kiwanis meets at noon weekend, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May Wednesdays (6 p.m. first Wed. of 12-13. The event features tours and month) at Twin Lakes Golf and activities at local gardens including Country Club. Lunch starts at 11:30 PowellsWood Garden, Rhododena.m. Upcoming speakers include dron Species Botanical Garden, Nansen Malin, social media expert Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai (May 16) and Sharon Hanek, Collection, and the two Federal chronicler of Japanese-American Way Symphony “sweet and savory” soldiers in World War II (May 23). private gardens. The Federal Way Contact: richardhayek@aol.com.

Farmers Market kicks off its 2012 Women’s Club: The Women’s season this weekend. Tickets are Club of Federal Way monthly lun$15 for adults and $10 for stucheon meeting will be held at 11 dents. Transportation available. a.m. May 16 at the Twin Lakes Golf For activities and schedules, visit and Country Club. Entertainment www.budsandbloomstour.org. features Master Tap Dancer Tom Spring Plant Sale: Decatur High Hickey and the Jazz Strings duo.

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Lily Ledbetter: Lily Ledbetter Emergency Housing Repair will speak at Highline Community Program: Federal Way will begin College at 3 p.m. May 18 in Buildaccepting applications from qualiing 7. Event is free and open to the fied homeowners for help with public. Ledbetter fought against emergency home repairs. Applicapay discrimination all the way tions may be downloaded from to the Supreme Court. The Lily www.cityoffederalway.com/housLedbetter Fair Pay Act was the first ingrepair or call (253) 835-2401. piece of legislation passed, and signed, by President Obama after Advancing Leadership: Applications for Federal Way’s Advancing his inauguration in January 2009.

Contact Deana Rader: (206) 592Leadership program are being accepted for the 2012-2013 class. All 3004 or drader@highline.edu. men and women living, working Harmony Kings: The Federal and/or volunteering in the Federal Way barbershop chorus group will Way area are eligible to apply. This hold its 2012 Spring Dinner Aucis an intensive leadership develop- tion fundraiser 6 to 9:30 p.m. May ment program that includes team 19 in Auburn. Tickets range from building and community service. $10-$20. Silent and live auctions, Visit advancingleadership.org. plus barbecue dinner and live entertainment. Contact musicfog@ The Who’s Tommy: Show yahoo.com. runs May 4-27 at Knutzen Family Theatre, 3200 SW Dash Point Blue Poppy Day: Celebrate and Road, Federal Way. Contains adult discover the amazing world of blue situations, drug references and poppies (Meconopsis) from 10 a.m. language. Showtimes are 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 19 at the RhodoFridays and Saturdays, except for 2 dendron Species Botanical Garden. p.m. matinee on Sundays and SatMusical and artistic performances

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Denny Cabin celebration The Historical Society of Federal Way is leading a celebration of the remodeled Denny Cabin, located at the West Hylebos Wetlands Park on South 348th

The Historical Society of Federal Way is leading a celebration of the remodeled Denny Cabin, located at the West Hylebos Wetlands Park on South 348th Street, just west of Pacific Highway South. MIRROR FILE Street, just west of Pacific Highway South.

The celebration begins at noon Saturday, May 12.

Flag salutes and speeches

by Federal Way dignitaries will begin at 1 p.m.

Demonstrations include wood carving, spinning wool, music from the Old Time Fiddlers and a Civil War re-enactor.

The cabin, measuring 21 square feet and two stories, was built in 1889 for Seattle pioneer David Denny.

The cabin was Denny’s real estate office and was located west of what is now the Seattle Center.

The two-story log cabin was moved from Seattle to Federal Way in 1966 as a promotional attraction. After being located at the original Federal Shopping Way at Pacific Highway South and South 312th Street, the cabin was moved to its currently location in 1992.

To see photos of the cabin over the years, visit federalwaymirror.com. To read more history about the Denny Cabin and the Historical Society of Federal Way, visit www. federalwayhistory.org.

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corner parking lot, near South 324th Street and Pacific Highway South (behind Sears). More than 70 vendors set up shop at the market, which runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through October. Vendors offer everything from fresh flowers and locally-grown produce to gardening information and snacks.

For Mother’s Day weekend, the market will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The market is trying to expand its presence in the community, and hopes to do so with two separate Fun Runs this August. Organizers may bring back a mid-week evening farmers market this summer. The market’s signature event, a charity chili cook-off between Federal Way police and South King Fire and Rescue, is tentatively slated for Sept. 29.

Fallen soldiers memorial Tyler Stewart of Boy Scout Troop 330 is working on his Eagle Scout project — a war monument in Federal Way. Army Spc. Dennis M. Williams, Army Pfc. Erin McLyman and Army Sgt. Brandon Hocking were all from Federal Way, and all of them died in the Iraq War. The project will honor their sacrifice on a grassy knoll at Saghalie Park, 33914 19th Ave. SW, Federal Way. Stewart will plant an oak tree for each of the soldiers. The dedication ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 12.

Water District board of commissioners in 1997, but attracted controversy over Backstrom had no known permanent expenditures and residency issues. Media address. He used the mailing addresses of reports describe turmoil related to racial local friends for his mail and doccomments exchanged among board uments. Personal issues related to members. Reports from the early divorce and drug abuse may have 1990s describe Backstrom’s unsuccontributed to his homelessness. cessful runs for Bothell City Council In recent years, Backstrom and state representative. wrote political columns for the Backstrom was born in Los AnFederal Way Mirror, Tacoma geles. He earned a bachelor’s degree News Tribune and Seattle Times. from the University of California and The outspoken black conserva- Walter Backstrom a master’s from the University of Ortive wrote with gravity and grace egon. He is survived by his daughter, when tackling controversial topics Aliya, sisters Tamara and Tyra, and in education, race and politics. His column brother Arnold, according to lacounty.gov. in The Mirror, titled No Excuses, included No memorial service has been announced. entries like “I survived Black History Backstrom’s daughter, Aliya, is a student Month” and “A light to guide me home,” the in Federal Way schools. He talked often of latter describing his nights sleeping on a how proud he was of her and how much he bus with the homeless. loved her.

At the Federal Way Mirror, Backstrom In 2009, Backstrom helped arrange a would write his columns on pen and paper, $10,000 donation to Rainier View Elementhen dictate them to the editor, who typed tary, where his daughter once attended. as Backstrom spoke his words with eloBackstrom played matchmaker between the quence. This process helped shape the voice donor, Christian Faith Center Pastor Casey of his columns, which often evoked the Treat, and the school. The money went totenor of one of Backstrom’s heroes, Martin ward the purchase of digital projectors for Luther King. several classrooms. Earlier this school year, Aside from his columns, Backstrom he assisted with the “Dream Scholarship” to made headlines in the past as a public fund an educational trip for local seventhofficial. He was elected to the Woodinville graders to Washington, D.C.

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will have some impacts on students and families, McLean said the Legisinstructional time will be lature’s decisions from last maintained,” she said. year are seen in this budget The other area being afthrough the salary reducfected by the ghosts of legistions that were introduced lative sessions past in this last year. current budget is “As Superinten- “As Superintendent funding for what dent Neu so aptly Neu so aptly the state terms reminded us, we reminded us, we Alternative Learnfound ourselves ing Experiences found ourselves between the (ALE). between the proverbial rock In Federal and a hard place proverbial rock Way, ALE is most and a hard place.” (last year),” she noticeable in the said. “We suffered Sally McLean, assistant Internet Academy. superintendent of a reduction in Because of last revenue, roughly business services for year’s Legislature, Federal Way schools $2 million, and funding for ALE through many has been reduced deliberations at from anywhere the board level, we made between 10-20 percent, the decision to cover that McLean said. with our fund balance this For the Internet Acadyear for 2011-12.” emy, the reduction is anticiFor the 2012-13 budget, pated to be approximately McLean said that the sal$350,000. ary reduction will be met “Historically, when the by having teachers go on Internet Academy was furlough days. While the established, and until teachers will work less, she this year, we have run the reassured the board that Internet Academy as an students will not lose out in enterprise or as a busithe process. ness. They were required to “It’s important to point generate enough revenue out, from a student and to cover their expenditures. family perspective, that Obviously, when you lose while the school calendar 15 percent of your funding, then that makes it a little difficult to run as an enterprise or business,” McLean

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Kids activities and demos include rhody pruning, a garden treasure hunt, Kusamonmo seasonal dish plantings, arts and craft activities and garden storytelling.

The farmers market will host a pancake and ham breakfast at 9 a.m.

Saturday and Sunday, served by Three Chicks Catering. Breakfast is $5 and includes coffee and orange juice. The market is located along South 324th Street outside The Commons Mall. Festival tickets will be available at the market.

The rhododendron and bonsai gardens rank among the world’s best.

PowellsWood is an immaculately landscaped wonderland in the middle of Federal Way. All sites serve as hosts for lectures and demonstrations by horticulture gurus. Most sites serve snacks and treats, and some promise live music.

An all-access passport ticket and shuttle buses are available for the private garden transportation loop. Tickets can be purchased at Sacajawea Middle School, 1101 South Dash Point Road, and the Rhododendron garden on the Weyerhaeuser campus.

The festival is returning after a one-year hiatus.

Buds and Blooms has secured approximately $36,000 from the lodging tax fund, which is specially designated for tourism activities in the city.

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said.

Neu and McLean recommended to the board that, for the time being, the district should subsidize the Internet Academy for the foreseeable future, although there is a lawsuit currently in King County to fight the funding cut to ALE in the state.

Outside of those changes, McLean said another item on the horizon from the Legislature’s past is going to be a new healthcare benefit reporting system for K-12 employees.

This new requirement will have districts collecting new sets of data, compiling it, and then transmitting it to four different state agencies. Currently, this is something the district has no ability to support, McLean said, and she and other FWPS higher-ups will keep an eye on the issue.

The district’s financial guru closed out her presentation by echoing some of Neu’s comments earlier.

“It is a pleasure to bring a budget recommendation to you that has so very little human impact in it,” she said.

The first public hearing on this budget is scheduled for June 12, with the second scheduled for June 26.

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Issue RFP May 03, 2012 Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting May 10, 2012 @ 1:00PM Deadline for Submittal of Proposals May 15, 2012 III. INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS. A. All proposals should be sent to: Jeri-Lynn Clark Management Services Department City of Federal Way 33325 8th Ave S Federal Way, WA 98003-6325 (253) 835-2526 B. All proposals must be in a sealed envelope and clearly marked in the lower left-hand corner: “RFPCommunity Center CafĂŠ Serviceâ€?.

C. All proposals must be received by May 15, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., at which time they will be opened. Three (3) copies of the proposal must be presented. No faxed or telephone proposals will be accepted.

D. No firm may submit a proposal unless a representative attends a mandatory pre-proposal meeting scheduled for 1:00 PM. May 10, 2012 at the Federal Way Community Center.

E. A ny questions or requests for more information should be directed to Community Center Supervisor Doug Nelson at (253) 835-6930.

Published in: Federal Way Mirror: May 4 & May 12, 2012 Published in: Daily Journal of Commerce: May 3 & May 9, 2012 Published in: City of Federal Way website: www.cityoffederalway.com: May 3 - 15, 2012 FWM 1887

Attorney for Plaintiff 2018 - 156th Ave. NE, Ste. 100 Bellevue, WA 98007 Published in Federal Way Mirror: May 11, 18, 25 and June 1, 8, 15, 2012 FWM: 1890

Federal Way Public Schools Determination of Non-Significance Federal Way Public Schools has issued a determination of non-significance (DNS) under WAC 19711-340(2) for the District’s 2013 Capital Facilities Plan. After review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file, the Federal Way Public Schools has determined the proposal will not have a probable significant adverse environmental impact on the environment.

Copies of the Environmental Checklist are available from the Federal Way Public Schools, 33330 8th Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003. Comments on this DNS must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., May 25, 2012 to Ms. Tanya Nascimento at the above address.

Published in Federal Way Mirror: May 11, 2012 FWM: 1893

NOTICE OF MASTER LAND USE APPLICATION AND OPTIONAL DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Project Name: Federal Way Mission Church ParkAUCTION NOTICE In compliance with RCW 46.5.130 Express Towing ing Lot LLC will sell to the highest bidder at 1215 S 356th Project Description: Proposed construction of an St in Federal Way, WA on 5/15/12 @ 3:00 pm. ancillary 190-stall at-grade parking facility that will support the Federal Way Mission Church services Viewing starts at 12 pm. across the street at 405 South 312th Street.

Published in Federal Way Mirror: May 11, 2012 Stormwater control facility, exterior lighting, and FWM: 1891 landscaping are also associated with the proposal.

Subject property is a 2.3-acre vacant parcel located IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE in a Single-Family Residential (RS 7.2) zone.

OF WASHINGTON FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE Applicant: Brian Kim, BK Design, 36006 11th Ave UNION BANK, N.A., successor-in-interest SW, Federal Way, WA 98023 to the FDIC as Receiver for Frontier Bank, Project Location: King County Parcel Plaintiff, 082104-9057. Parcel is located on the north side No. 12-2-006973-1 of South 312th Street at the intersection of 4th Avvs. enue South.

GRANVILLE BRINKMAN, an individual; Application Received: April 6, 2012 JUDY M. OLSON dba JMO ENTERPRISES; Determined Complete: May 2, 2012 and JUDY M. OLSON, an individual, Notice of Application: May 11, 2012 Defendants.

SEPA Comments Due: May 25, 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 IV (File #12-101554-UP), Concurrency (File #12-101556CN), and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Threshold Determination (File #12-101555-SE) Environmental Documents & Studies: Transportation Management Plan, Traffic Impact Analysis, SEPA Checklist, and Preliminary Technical Information Report 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: The environmental comment period ends May 25, 2012. Any person may submit written comments regarding the Master Land Use application to the Hearing Examiner by delivering these comments to the Community and Economic Development Department prior to the public hearing date or by giving these directly to the Hearing Examiner at the public hearing. A notice of public hearing will be issued at least 14 days prior to the hearing date. Only the applicant, persons who submit written or verbal comments to the Hearing Examiner, or persons who specifically request a copy of the written decision may appeal the Hearing Examiner’s decision. 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 during normal business hours at the Department of Community and Economic Development, 33325 8th Avenue South, Federal Way, WA 98003.

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Campers will receive a T-shirt and basketball. The cost is $100 per camper, or pre-register

by June 8 and it’s $80. Make checks payable to Federal Way Public Schools and mail to Kyle Templeton at Jefferson High School, 4248 S. 288th St., Auburn, Wash. 98001 or deliver in-person to TJ. You can register at the door on the first day of the camp. For more information, contact Templeton at (206) 5180503 or email kyle.j.templeton@ gmail.com.

Soccer: Raiders win SPSL title in shootout Luis Roman makes a pair of penalty-kick saves to lead TJ past Puyallup; Decatur loses to Hazen; FW wins

by CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com

A penalty-kick shootout is never the way any soccer player or coach wants to settle a game.

But the Thomas Jefferson Raiders didn’t mind a shootout Wednesday night in the South Puget Sound League championship game against the Puyallup Vikings at Sparks Stadium.

Jefferson (13-2-2) goalkeeper Luis Roman made a pair of diving saves during the shootout, giving the Raiders a 1-0 win over the Vikings and the SPSL’s top seed into the West Central/Southwest District playoffs. Jefferson outshot Puyallup, 4-3, in the penalty-kick shootout.

The Raiders will face the winner of a play-in game between Kentridge (SPSL 10) and Battle Ground (Greater St. Helen’s 3) at 4 p.m. Saturday at Art Crate Field in a winner-to-state, loser-out contest.

After playing a scoreless regulation and a pair of overtimes, Roman led off the shootout by stoping the first penalty kick by Christian Rath to give the Raiders all the momentum they needed.

Jefferson netted its first four shootout goals from Matthew Cruz, John David McCleary, Brandon Madsen and Roman. The TJ goalkeeper then stopped Puyallup’s fifth and final shot to seal the victory.

The Raiders were playing without their best player, Luis Osornio, who is in Carson, Calif., with 18 other other soccer players from across the nation participating in the Sueño MLS 2012 reality show.

Osornio is representing the Seattle Sounders FC on the nationally-televised

Federal Way senior midfielder Colin Kim prepares to slide tackle Kentwood’s Daniel Dixon during Wednesday’s 1-0 win by the Eagles at the SPSL Tournament in Federal Way. The teams both finished second in their SPSL divisions. casey olson, The Mirror player search on República Deportiva, the popular Univision weekly Spanishlanguage sports show. Sueño MLS 2012 will chronicle the tryouts of the 18 players in a “reality show within a show” format.

The ultimate champion, who will join a MLS club’s elite youth team, will be crowned on Sunday, May 13, live on República Deportiva.

Hazen 6, Decatur 3

The Highlanders’ high-powered offense

was just too much for the Gators (12-3-0) in the SPSL/Seamount Sub-District Championship game Wednesday night at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood.

The Seamount League’s top seed scored a season-high six goals against Decatur, who won the SPSL 3A Division. Hazen got a hat trick from Frankie Johnson, who also finished with a pair of assists. The Highlanders (8-5-4) tallied three goals within the first 10 minutes of the game to take a [ more soccer page 30 ]

Cinderella? Gators one win from state Baseball: Beamer

earns first state trip

Decatur wins three-straight playoff games after struggling during year

Bower throws another complete-game shutout for Titans in 6-0 over Skyview

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The Decatur Gators baseball team had won just three games entering the postseason. And all three came against the lowly Lakes Lancers.

But the 3-16 regular-season record hasn’t stopped the Gators from making an improbable playoff run to within one win of qualifying for the 16-team Class 3A State Tournament.

After finishing fifth in the six-team SPSL 3A Division, Decatur has doubled its win total in the last three games, including a 5-2 victory over Capital Tuesday at Tacoma’s Heidelberg Park in the first round of the West Central/Southwest District Tournament.

“It’s been fun so far,” said first-year Decatur head coach Korey Sites.

The ride hit a speed bump Wednesday with an [ more decatur page 28 ]

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Decatur freshman Taylor Havilcek hits a ball during the Gators’ 11-5 loss to Mountain View Wednesday at the Class 3A West Central/Southwest District Tournament at Propstra Field in Vancouver. Lisa westberg, For the Mirror

For the first time in the history of the school, the Todd Beamer baseball team is headed to the state tournament.

The Titans earned their place in the 16-team Class 4A championship with an impressive 6-0 win over the Skyview Storm Tuesday at Propstra Field in Vancouver at the West Central/Southwest District Tournament. The Storm came into the game riding an 11-game winning streak and the champions of the Greater Matt Bower St. Helen’s League.

But Skyview (15-6) hadn’t seen anything like Beamer senior left-hander Matt Bower during [ more Beamer page 28 ]

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the regular season. The University of Washingtonbound Bower shut down the Storm, allowing just four hits in his seven innings of work. The complete-game shutout was Bower’s third of the season and lowered his already-miniscule earned-run average to 0.46.

“Everything just kind of came together,” Bower said.

“We had great defense behind me and the guys have been hitting. We are playing together as a team.”

“He has just been great for us,” head coach Jerry Peterson said of Bower. “He didn’t even have his good stuff. He just fought through. It was pretty cool to see.”

Wednesday’s victory guaranteed the Titans (14-7) one of the West Central/Southwest District’s top-four seeds into the state tournament.

The Titans will play the Tahoma Bears at 10 a.m. at Kent Memorial Park on Saturday, May 12, in the West Central/Southwest District semifinals. The winner will take on the winner of a game between Kentwood and Puyallup at 7 p.m. Saturday in Kent for the district’s first and second seeds to state. The two losers will play at 4 p.m. in the third/fourth game.

“We have been playing a lot better lately,” Peterson said. “We have a great group of kids. That’s what is cool about this, is that they are just awesome kids. We are just kind of on a roll.”

Beamer’s Sam Kosbab gave Bower all the run support he would need in the top of the first inning with an RBI double to give the Titans a quick 1-0 lead.

The Beamer offense added to the lead in the third when Kosbab, who finished 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles on the day, reached on one of five Skyview errors. Jarred Prather tallied another run in the third for a 2-0 lead. An inning later, Lawyer Braun would come home on an error to give the Titans a 3-0 lead, and two batters later Kosbab’s second double of the day plated two more runs to put Beamer up 5-0.

Beamer tacked on one more run in the seventh.

Kosbab finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Braun was 4 for 4 with two doubles and a triple.

“Lawyer and Sam had huge games for us,” Peterson said. “Overall, we are just playing better.”

But the real story of the game was the pitching of the 6-foot-4 Bower, who also added 10 strikeouts to his season total. Saturday’s game against Tahoma will be a rematch between the two teams. The Titans secured the South Puget Sound League’s third seed with a 7-4 win over the Bears May 4 at Heritage Park in Puyallup.

In the SPSL Tournament matchup between the second-place teams from the North and South divisions, the Bears took an early 4-0 lead with all four of their runs in the bottom of the second inning. But the Titans fought right back, tallying three runs in the top of the third. Beamer plated four more runs in the fifth to take the lead for good. Jarred Prather led the way for the Titan offense by finishing 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Richard Apigo ended up 1 for 4 with two runs. Sam Kosbab earned the win on the mound after entering the game in relief. Kosbab finished with four strikeouts.

Tahoma had only four hits during the game.

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Tennis: Raiders win another SPSL title Lee finished up in eighth place after dropping her first match of the tournament to Turek. But Lee fought back to win two-straight consolation The Thomas Jefferson girls tennis bracket matches to earn the district team completed a sweep of the South bid.

Puget Sound League titles.

In doubles’ action, Ziccarelli and The Raiders joined the TJ boys, who Nakamura ended up in fifth place and won the SPSL in the fall, as league Qualls and Mullen were seventh. champions last week by tallying 37 The Jefferson players will points. Jefferson outdistanced be joined at the West Central second-place Kentwood, who District Tournament by the finished with 30 points.

Federal Way team of Lauren The Raiders were led by the Lang and Mina Park, who third-place finish by Cindy finished in third at the SPSL Park in singles’ action. Park Tournament, and the Beamer advanced into the semifinals duo of Jenny Hoefel and before losing to Kentlake’s Kara Jenny Hoefel Kiele Bowman, who ended Ikeda, 6-3, 6-2. Park then beat up sixth.

Tahoma’s Maddie Turek in the After losing in the semifithird-sixth match, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. nals, Lang and Park went on to beat Park will be joined by teammate Michelle Lee and the TJ doubles teams Hoefel and Bowman in the third/sixth match, 6-1, 6-2. The Beamer pair also of Breanna Ziccarelli and Krista Nalost in the semifinals. kamura and Rileigh Qualls and Toni Mullen at the West Central District Boys Tennis Tournament.

After a six-month break, the boys The top-eight finishers at the SPSL will get back to playing tennis starting Tournament advanced to districts, Saturday at the West Central District which kicks off Saturday at Auburn Tournament, which will be held at Riverside High School and Game Auburn Riverside High School and Farm Park in Auburn.

the Game Farm Park.

The top-eight finishers during the district tournament advance to state.

Federal Way sophomore Mitch Stewart enters the district tournament as one of the favorites to walk away with the state championship.

A season ago, Stewart won the Pacific Northwest Championship Sectional Tournament in the 16-under division in Beaverton, Ore. Stewart also played in tournaments in Louisiana, Illinois and Michigan, losing only three matches against national-level challengers.

According to tennisrecruiting.net, Stewart is the top tennis recruit in the Northwest and the 11th-best recruit in the nation for the Class of 2014.

Also playing in the singles’ competition at districts will be Jefferson’s Kainoa Rosa and Vivek Ramanjan and Federal Way’s Alex Lewis. Rosa and Ramanujan will play each other in the opening round.

In doubles’ action, two TJ pairs will be vying for berths to the state tournament. James Lee and Alex Lee finished second at the SPSL Tournament in the fall and Russell Stelzer and Zack Martin ended up in seventh place.

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runs in each of the first and second innings, before Auburn Mountainview battled back to take a 6-5 lead heading into the sixth.

But the Gators tallied the final five runs of the game to win the game and earn the district berth.

“Auburn Mountainview is a really good team, so we had to compete on every pitch to give ourselves a chance,” Sites said. “The biggest change was plate discipline. We didn’t chase many pitches, which allowed us to work the pitcher and end up in more hitterfriendly counts or walk.”

Taylor Havilcek picked up the victory on the mound in relief of Carns.

Havilcek didn’t allow a run in two innings of work and gave up two hits.

Johnson led the way for the morepatient Decatur offense, going 2 for 3 with a triple and three RBIs. Havilcek also helped himself at the plate, finishing 1 for 1 with a pair of RBIs. Derek Bontempo also knocked in a pair of runs.

The Gators’ run started with the win over Kennedy (9-10) Thursday afternoon in Burien. Decatur jumped all over the Lancers with six runs in the third inning and were never really threatened.

The Gators’ duo of Junk and Chris Grimstad combined to hold Kennedy to just three hits on the day. Junk threw the first 4 1/3 innings, giving up just two earned runs and striking out seven. Grimstad threw 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief, striking out five.

Offensively, Decatur was led by the middle of its order. Kyle Robbins ended up 2 for 4 with three RBIs and Johnson was 2 for 5 with two runs, two RBIs and a triple. The Gators’ leadoff hitter, Brandon Zimmerman, finished 2 for 5 with a run, two RBIs, a double and a pair of stolen bases.

Carns was 3 for 4 with a run and RBI and Ciotta was 1 for 3 with three runs.

By CASEY OLSON

sports@fedwaymirror.com

11-5 loss to Mountain View Thunder in the quarterfinals of the district tournament at Propstra Field in Vancouver.

Now, the Gators (6-17) face a loserout, winner-to-state contest against the SPSL 3A-champion Peninsula Seahawks at 1 p.m. at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma on Saturday, May 12. The Seahawks swept Decatur all three times during the SPSL 3A year.

But this is a different Gator team than its three-win regular season.

“The biggest change from early in the season is our belief in each other and our ability to succeed as a team,” said Sites. “We really played as individuals for the majority of the season but, by the end, the players have come to realize that it takes more than one person to get the job done right and that as a unified team we can have a ton of success.”

The magical run looked like it was going to continue against Mountain View, the champions of the Greater St. Helen’s League and fifth-ranked team in the state.

Decatur sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning and took a quick 5-0 lead. The Gators finished the inning with five of their eight hits on the day.

But after that it was all Mountain View. The Thunder scored three runs in the second, four in the third, one in the fourth and three in the fifth.

Offensively, Decatur got a pair of RBIs from Mitchell Garza and single RBIs from Chris Carns and Jim Sullivan.

Tuesday’s district win over Capital came on the heels of a pair of wins over Kennedy Catholic and Auburn Mountainview at the SPSL/Seamount League Tournament last weekend.

Against Capital (8-13), the Gators got a huge game on the mound from

sophomore Janson Junk, who threw a complete-game, seven-hitter.

“Janson Junk pitched fantastic by keeping them off-balance all night,” Sites said. “They only squared up a couple of balls against him and they went for singles. Behind him we played quality defense, making every routine play despite the gravity of the situation.”

Offensively, Decatur was led by Brett Johnson, who broke the game open in the fifth inning with a twoout triple. The hit scored Garza and Mitchell Ciotta to give Decatur a commanding 4-0 lead. The Gators tallied single runs in the first and fourth innings.

Capital’s only runs came in the top of the sixth when the Cougars started the inning with three-straight hits of Junk. But Junk got out of the inning by giving up only the two runs.

“It was a great game to be a part of,” Sites said. “I have confidence we’ll give it our best shot the next couple games.”

Decatur earned the district berth with wins over Kennedy Thursday, 9-4, and Auburn Mountainview, 10-6, Friday in a pair of loser-out contests.

“We’ve played better than our record indicates, but have yet to put things together consistently until (the) weekend,” said Sites. “My guys just, flat out, wanted to win. The reality that either game could have been our last game really brought out the best in every player.”

The win over Kennedy (9-10) was somewhat of a surprise, but the victory over Auburn Mountainview was a shocker. The Lions finished 12-3 in the SPSL 3A and beat Decatur three times in league play by a combined score of 16-4.

But the Gators didn’t bat an eye Friday night on the road. Decatur jumped out to a 4-0 lead with two

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commanding lead.

Decatur got a pair of goals from Taylor Weatherly and a single goal from Jimmy Hong.

The Gators will take on Mountain View at 11 a.m. at Highline Stadium on Saturday, May 12, in a loserout, winner-to-state contest.

Mountain View, from Vancouver, finished as the third seed from the Southwest District.

Federal Way 1, Kentwood 0 (SPSL Tournament) In a matchup between

www.federalwaymirror.com the two second-place teams from the SPSL North and South, the Eagles got the only goal of the contest just before halftime from Alex Lewis in the SPSL Tournament game at Federal Way Memorial Stadium Wednesday. Lewis’ goal in the 38th minute came on a pass from Colin Kim. It was Kim’s team-leading 14th assist on the year.

The 1-0 win gave the Eagles (14-2-1) the SPSL’s second seed into the West Central/Southwest District Tournament. Federal Way will take on Skyview at noon

at Art Crate Stadium in Graham on Saturday, May 12, in a loser-out, winner-to-state game. Skyview finished second in Vancouver’s Greater St. Helen’s League, losing to Union in the league championship.

Ben Willis and Koby Craig combined on the shutout in goal for the Eagles. It was the 12th shutout of the season for Federal Way, who have given up a grand total of seven goals in 17 games.

Offensively, the Eagles have been led all season by Sean Rigney, who has 15 goals and 12 assists this year.

Federal Way senior Sean Rigney dribbles the ball in front of the Kentwood goal during the Eagles’ 1-0 win over the Conks Wednesday at Federal Way Memorial Stadium in the SPSL Tourney. casey olson, The Mirror

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Baseball: Ishikawa starting for Brewers; Barnette closing

By CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com

Travis Ishikawa is back to being a starting first baseman in Major League Baseball.

The 2002 Federal Way High School graduate has taken over a portion of the everyday job with the Milwaukee Brewers after the team’s previous starting first baseman, Mat Gamel, suffered a torn ACL in his knee May 2 while chasing down a foul ball.

“I was hoping to get a start, but not like this.

I’d much Travis Ishikawa rather have three pinch-hits or one inning of defense than see this,” Ishikawa told Brewers Today. “The guy was playing hard. That’s all he does is play hard.

He was going after a foul ball aggressively, going 100 percent.”

On the season, Ishikawa is hitting .222 in 20 appearances for the Brewers with three doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs. “I’m going to approach that the same way I’ve been approaching it. Whatever my role is going to be in

this time, I want to be as good as I can possibly be to help the club,” Ishikawa said.

It seems as if left-handed Ishikawa will platoon at first base with Brooks Conrad, a right-hander.

After spending nine seasons with the San Francisco Giants, Ishikawa signed a minor league deal with the Brewers in December after shoulder surgery in June on his non-throwing arm. He suffered the injury while playing for the Fresno Grizzlies, the Giants’ AAA affiliate.

Ishikawa was hitting .251 with three home runs, 18 RBIs and 14 doubles in 56 games for the Grizzlies last season before the shoulder injury.

Ishikawa was a Giants’ draft pick out of Federal Way in 2002 and played 281 games for the team since 2006.

He had a lifetime batting average of .265 with 15 home runs, 80 RBIs, 30 doubles in 603 at-bats for San Francisco.

Ishikawa spent a bulk of the 2009 season as the Giants’ everyday first baseman after an impressive spring training. During that season, Ishikawa hit .261 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs in 120 regular season games.

Brief: Gates named NWC baseball Player of the Year Brock Gates recently finished one of the best careers in the history of Pacific Lutheran University baseball.

The Decatur High School graduate was selected as the Northwest Conference Player of the Year after an impressive 2012 season. The senior first baseman led the Northwest Conference with a .407 batting average and was among the league leaders in both home runs with seven and RBIs with 47. Gates also scored 43 runs and also swiped eight bases in nine attempts.

He also finished the season with 70 total hits, which surpasses his own PLU baseball single-season record in that category. Gates set the former record of 68 hits during the 2010 season.

Gates is a two-time, first-team All-NWC selection and was one of three Pacific Lutheran players named to the first team. He was joined by sophomore desBrock Gates ignated hitter Jacob Hoffman (Curtis High School), who was a first-team outfielder in 2011, and by senior outfielder Jaron Iwakami (Liberty), chosen for the first time.

Gates is the first Pacific Lutheran player to earn Player of the Year honors in at least 20 years, and perhaps for several decades beyond that, according to the school. Pacific Lutheran has had three NWC Pitcher of the Year recipients since 2006. Joe DiPietro was so honored in both 2006 and 2007, and Robert Bleecker was chosen in 2009.

The Lutes finished up the season with a 24-16 overall record.

In addition to the impressive 2012 season on the field, Gates has also been recognized for his performance in the classroom. Gates, a communication major with a 3.55 grade-point average, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District VIII First Team. District VIII encompasses Division III schools from the West Coast to Iowa, Texas and Louisiana. Student athletes are nominated and voted on by their school’s sports information directors. Gates advances for possible selection to the Capital One Academic All-America team.

Barnette back to closing in Japan Tony Barnette has found a home away from home in the crowded streets of Tokyo. The Thomas Jefferson High School graduate is currently in the midst of his third season playing professional baseball with the Yakult Tokyo Swallows of Japan’s Central League.

Barnette, 27, originally signed a one-year deal with the Swallows on Jan. 7, 2010, after a steady rise through the minor league system of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ organization.

The Diamondbacks drafted the right-handed pitcher in the 10th-round in 2006 following a stellar career at Arizona State University.

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ball in 2006, pitched in the allowed a run and has 11 Single-A Midwest League strikeouts. He has walked in 2007, the Double-A only one and given up only Southern League in 2008 nine hits. and spent the entire 2009 It’s a far cry from how season playing for the Reno Barnette’s journey to Japan Aces of the Triplebegan. In 2010, he A Pacific Coast was just 4-5 with a League.

5.99 ERA. He gave Barnette finished up 99 hits in 79 14-8 with a 5.79 innings and struck earned-run average out 70, mostly as a for Reno before starter. inking with the Barnette was Yakult Swallows eventually released Tony Barnette during the offseaby the Swallows son. after the season This is easily Barnette’s and he thought his Japan best season in Japan. He is experiment was over. currently working as the But due to a variety of Swallows’ closer during the reasons, Barnette was reearly part of the year. He signed by the Swallows on has appeared in a total of 17 Jan. 12, 2011, for a second games for Tokyo and has 12 shot. The contract included saves and one win. a club option for 2012, In his 16 2/3 innings which the Swallows picked of work, Barnette has not up during the offseason.

The one-year extension is worth 58 million yen ($718,330 dollars).

Last season, Barnette made the move into the Swallows’ bullpen and had an impressive year.

He turned into one of the best set-up relievers in the league, notching 22 holds and two saves and had a solid 2.68 ERA in 48 games.

He allowed only 43 hits in 47 innings pitched and struck out 54.

After graduating from TJ in 2002, Barnette moved on to pitch at Central Arizona Community College before a two-year stint at Arizona State, where he pitched at the 2005 College World Series.

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