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Fast bikes take over downtown
The criterium, one leg of the annual Mutual of Enumclaw Stage Race, took over city streets Saturday. The figure-eight course occupied a stretch of Griffin and Battersby avenues, along with Cole and Railroad streets. Other races were much longer, taking riders throughout the countryside, up and down hills. kevin hanson, Courier-Herald
A veteran to remember for all time By Cynthia Flash
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ack Warren sits in his living room dressed in red, white and blue. His suspenders sport wavy American flags. His turtleneck is red. His pants blue denim. Behind him, flying in the breeze outside on the front lawn are two flags: Old Glory and a crisp new United States Marine Corps flag. Warren is a veteran through and through. He served as a Marine reservist for one year right after graduating from high school in 1948, then joined the U.S. Navy. He spent his military career on a ship in the Korean War as an electronics technician, retiring from the Navy in 1952 as a petty officer second class. A highlight for
him was fixing Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s radio transmitter aboard the USS Mount McKinley. Those four years marked an indoctrination into the military for Warren that have lasted his entire life. He’s a fixture in the Enumclaw and Washington state military communities, devoting countless volunteer hours working behind the scenes to make sure those who served their country are not forgotten. As the community prepares to celebrate Memorial Day next week, it’s Warren’s turn to be recognized for the work he’s done. At age 80, this likely will be his last time to
See VETERAN, Page 2 Jack Warren holds a photo taken while he served in the US Navy. Photo courtesy Cynthia Flash
The state liquor store in Enumclaw will be back on the auction block Thursday. The store was previously purchased in a public auction, but the payment was not received and the store was returned to auction, according to Pat McLaughlin from the Washington State Liquor Control Board. “The promise arrived without the payment,” McLaughlin said. He stated following the April 20 auction of state liquor stores, 18 bidders were unable to come up with the cash. McLaughlin said there is a $10,000 deposit for those interested in bidding on the rights to the stores. He stated the Enumclaw store is “a great store and will sell quickly in the new auction.” The store sold for $259,100 in the first auction. Other stores in the auction include two in Kent, three in Seattle, one in North Bend and one in Tacoma. The state liquor stores are being sold following Initiative 1183 passing during the November 2011 general election. The initiative called for the state to stop operating liquor stores by June 1. Contract liquor stores will continue to operate. The Seattle Distribution Center that supplied state and contract stores will be closed and its assets sold. Private businesses with licenses will be allowed to sell liquor beginning June 1.