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Voters to decide VRFA’s fire benefit charge By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Voters in the Valley Regional Fire Authority service area will decide Aug. 7 whether they wish to continue the use of a voter-authorized fire
benefit charge each year for an additional six years. Support would allow the VRFA to maintain current response times and service levels for fire protection, emergency medical aid calls, training of personnel, and the purchase
of essential equipment, said VRFA Assistant Chief Mike Gerber. If the measure falls, Gerber said, a provision in state law would allow the VRFA to fall back to what’s authorized by the Legislature, a $1.50 per thou-
sand property tax levy. But, he conceded, that would represent “a significant decrease” of the total revenue available. “It would be up to the board how to manage moving forward,” Gerber said. [ more VRFA page 3 ]
After narrowly missing the Olympics four years ago, Ariana Kukors swam to a London Summer Games berth last week. courtesy photo
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Mary Olson Farm Curator Rachael Burrum lifts the board as Bradley Highsmith, 6, Sam Cheslow, 10, and Stella Cheslow, 6, race their creations at the Veggie Car Races last weekend. Kids got the chance to use their creativity and ingenuity to build race cars from vegetables provided by Mosby Farm and then watch as they zoomed or puttered down an inclined track at the historic farm. RACHEL CIAMPI, Auburn Reporter
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Marathon man: Greg Hamblock is run-walking across the country to raise tuition money for two children. ROBERT WHALE,
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Some 179 miles into a long, long journey, a bone tired, overheated man takes a late afternoon breather under the porch of the north end Top Food and Drugs, his sweat-stained back to a pillar, his left ankle throbbing. On a good day, says 25-year-old Greg Hamblock, pushing the cart
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with the things he needs inside from bear spray to a change of clothes, from a First Aid Kit to crackers to bug spray and a tent, he walk-runs about 30 miles. On not-so-good days, when the body screams, maybe he’ll make 20 miles. “Legs aren’t built to run on concrete,” Hamblock concedes, looking [ more JOURNEY page 3 ]
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Olympic dreams finally came true for Auburn's Ariana Kukors. The world record-holder in the 200-meter individual medley, Kukors settled for a slower time but secured a berth on the U.S. Olympic swim team last Thursday. Kukors, an Auburn Mountainview graduate, finished second in her specialty at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb., earning a ticket to the London Summer Games (July 27-Aug. 12). Kukors’ time of 2:11.30 was 1.08 slower than winner Caitlin Leverenz, but 0.25 seconds faster than third-place finisher Elizabeth Pelton. “I can’t say that I’m happy with that time, but considering the amount of nerves I’ve been feeling the last 24 hours, I’ll take it,” said Kukors, a Pac-10 champion at the University of Washington before embarking on an international career. “I know I will have to make a lot of changes for London.” Four years ago, Kukors missed the Beijing Olympics by 0.08 seconds, falling short in the 200 IM finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials. But she trained hard, improved and fought her way to a long-awaited berth. “It was the most emotional thing for me,” she said of her accomplishment.
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Dear Neighbors, Two weeks ago, I pointed out a significant contrast between my opponent, Auburn School Board member Lisa Connors and I concerning her numerous trips on taxpayer money costing thousands of dollars to San Diego, Boston, Orlando, San Francisco, Chicago and other locations.
In recent years, I cut my own legislative pay to share in the sacrifice, and have been working hard to drive more dollars into the classroom and cut overhead. When I found out about Lisa Connors’ extravagant travel on our tax dollars, I said I would sponsor legislation to restrict this kind of waste. Lisa got mad and last week said in local papers that my proposed legislation amounts to a “war on school districts”. Back on February 18th of 2009, the Governor signed into law SB 5460 and HB 1694, which I voted out of the Legislature. These bills significantly reduced government spending, and specifically banned out of state travel and training. However, Lisa Connors keeps traveling by using a loophole in the law that lets her use our tax dollars to finance her travel because she is not technically a state employee, but that doesn’t make it right. I will introduce legislation in January to close this loophole, and put your education tax dollars back into the classroom where they belong. Lisa also said I quoted her out of context about her partying on these taxpayer funded trips. Well, here is one of her unedited emails dated December 28, 2011, in its entirety. You can read it and make up your own mind: “Hi Susan, Will you be attending NSBA this year? I would love to meet up again and dance the night away!! Thank You, Lisa Connors -Director, Auburn School District”
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City gets state grant to improve intersections The Washington State Department of Transportation recently awarded the City of Auburn a $400,000 grant with no local match requirement to improve safety at several signalized intersections throughout the city. These funds come from a federal highway safety improvement program, which awarded them based
The VRFA is not asking for an increase, Gerber added, just “a continued authorization for our funding model.” The measure requires 60-percent voter approval. The VRFA Board of Governance, composed of the mayor and two council members representing the cities of Algona, Auburn and Pacific, authorized Proposition 1 for the primary ballot at its May 10 meeting. The Auburn City Council voted unanimously Monday to place the measure on the ballot. In the November 2006 General Election, almost 70 percent of the voters approved the formation of the VRFA, the use of the fire benefit charge and the associated property tax of $1 per $1,000 of assessed value, to fund the first regional fire authority in the state. Since 2008, the FBC has supported about 44 percent of the VRFA operating budget. The FBC is calculated based on occupancy type and square footage of structures. The FBC reflects a direct and proportional assessment of the cost of providing appropriate fire protection services to a particular building. Each year the Board of Governance reviews the FBC in a public hearing to ensure fiscal responsibility of this funding for the coming year. State law restricts revenue derived from the FBC from exceeding 60 percent of the VRFA operating budget. By approving the FBC, state law prohibits imposing an additional property tax of 50 cents per thousand dollars of assessed property value for fire protection services.
“If this passes, will we see any rate increases for residents?” Councilwoman Largo Wales asked Gerber before the vote. “We do not foresee any,” Gerber responded. “Between 2008 and 2012, the cumulative increase in taxes from the VRFA has been about $5.40 a month on a residential homeowner. We think we’ve done a good job of maintaining a sustainable flatline-type budget throughout these periods, and we don’t foresee any dramatic increases in the future.” Gerber said businesses fall into the same ratio, although as a bigger building costs more to provide fire protection to, its owners pay more. “But they also have a category factored into the calculation,” Gerber said. “So, for instance, if a business is manufacturing fireworks – not that they’re doing it in our community – they would fall into the highest category factor and therefore be assessed at a higher rate. So if the FBC fluctuates within a percent or two within that 44 percent rate that we now use, they would get proportionally more assigned to their side.”
cal Transportation Improvement Program and to the state Transportation Improvement Program to obligate the funds and use the money. “Overall, this is a very good opportunity for us to make some much needed safety improvements to several signalized intersections throughout the city,” Chris Hankins, transportation planner told the Auburn City Council before a recent public
hearing. Most of the 18 intersections are along Auburn Way North and the intersecting streets. Four of them are on Auburn Way North, two on A Street Southeast, two on C Street Southwest, the remainder being at the intersection of Auburn Way and East Main Street and at 4th Street Southeast and 4th Street Northeast. No members of the public spoke up at the hearing.
[ journey from page 1 ] Chris’ mom came up to at his ankle. “But I’ve read about other people who’ve done this. Injuries are typical. Just don’t push yourself too hard. It’s running and walking, not just running.” The Butte, Mont. native, a recent Seattle resident, began the cross-country run June 22 on the Olympic Peninsula. From here, sore ankle or not, he’ll push past Mount Rainier toward Yakima, Salt Lake City, Denver, Dallas, down through the Gulf States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, toward a small town called Homestead, Fla., where in late October his trek will end. Hamblock is running for the sake of a couple of kids, Christopher Bonds, 5, and his little sister, Megan, in Baton Rouge, La. He’s running to raise tuition money for the youngsters who stole his heart when he was volunteering in a homeless shelter in Baton Rouge two years back. “At the end of the day,
me and said, ‘Chris doesn’t have any positive male influences in his life, and when you come back next, maybe you can just hang out with him.’ So I’ve been developing a big brotherlittle brother relationship with him, but also a relationship with the rest of the family,” Hamblock said. Baton Rouge’s public school system is overburdened, Hamblock explained, especially the middle and high schools, which are rife with drugs and sick with violence. Last year he realized he wanted to help Chris and Megan attend private schools and have a good shot at life away from all that. Last April he sat down with the Bonds family, helped them pick a school, then pondered the bigger question: how was he going to raise the $60,000 estimated cost for five years of tuition? Inspired by the example of the late Terry Fox, who more than 30 years ago ran 3,000 miles across Canada to raise money for
Auburn Deputy Mayor Nancy Backus was honored with the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound’s Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes an alumnus who exemplifies the spirit of leadership and the goals of the institute. A representative panel of previous class speakers selected her. Backus, a 2007 graduate of the institute, has served as an
cancer research, Hamblock decided to do a bit of running himself. In January, he began training. He has since formed a not-forprofit called “Perspiration for Chris and Megan’s Education.” As of this writing, he has raised $1,480 toward his cause. Hamblock is using his own savings to pay for his necessaries. Although his own family thinks he’s a bit crazy to do this runningacross-the-country thing, it is also helping him cover his personal expenses. Those who want to help Hamblock’s cause may go to the website, Indiegogo. com/perspiration4education, where they’ll find a video that tells the story of the Bonds children, with a link to Twitter, Hamblock’s Facebook page, and an option to donate. “If this story moves anybody, I hope they would consider donating whatever they can give, without inconveniencing themselves,” Hamblock said. “Everybody I have met so far has been really encouraging.”
Auburn City Councilmember since 2003. She also serves on the board of the Valley Regional Fire Authority, actively participates in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and at the national level with the National League of Cities Finance, Administration and Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee.
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on an application the City submitted last fall. City planners have selected 18 intersections based on their high accident history. Among the improvements will be flashing yellow arrows, auxiliary signal heads, vehicle detection systems, LED signal head lamps and similar safety improvements at all the chosen intersections. Part of the award requires the City to add the project to its Lo-
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Auburn man, 79, competent to stand trial for attempted murder of wife BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Psychiatrists at Western State Hospital have determined that a 79-year-old Auburn man charged with trying to kill his wife last fall is competent to stand trial for second-degree attempted murder and firstdegree assault. The recent evaluation supersedes a finding in March wherein psychiatrists at
Western State found Jerold Goodwillie, a retired heavy equipment operator with a local cement company, then confused, depressed and disoriented by the events of Sept. 30, 2011. Both reports addressed Goodwillie’s mental condition, his competency to proceed, his risk of reoffending and of “future dangerousness.” According to the evaluation, Mr. Goodwillie, who
had no previous acts of severe violent behavior to his name, “spontaneously offered that he was still unable to comprehend why he had acted in such an uncharacteristic way on the day in question, but once again stated with certainty that his wife would be in no danger living with him in future. “… His thought process was linear, organized and goal-directed, and
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his thought content was without any psychotic symptoms, manic symptoms, nor any symptoms of major depression,” the report stated, but added, “Neither Mr. Goodwillie himself… nor the (psychiatrist) are any closer to comprehending this phenomenon than we are as of the time of the first (March 15) report. This makes any risk prediction very difficult.” Joan Goodwillie, 67, is recovering from her injuries. King County Prosecutor spokesman Ian Goodhew said a judge has not yet set Goodwillie’s trial date. Auburn police detective Aaron Williams’ account of events is as follows: Goodwillie allegedly told his wife of 50 years just before the late-morning assault that he had met someone else, wouldn’t divorce his wife because he “wanted the money” and was going to kill her. According to court papers, he next picked up an ax handle, smashed his wife several times on the head with it, seized a knife she’d been holding to defend herself and cut her throat. Goodwillie then allegedly pursued his bleeding wife outside to where she’d collapsed on the lawn and stabbed her three times in the back. About 1:30 p.m. a neigh-
Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between June 25 and June 30:
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Burglary: 6 a.m., 310 44th St. NW. The manager of Puget Sound Coatings reported that burglars had struck the business between June 22 and June 25, as evidenced by lockers that should have been closed but were not, tools that should have been there but were not, and damage to outside and inside doors. Theft: 7:55 a.m., 120 block of A Street Northwest. Thieves swiped a winch from somebody’s vehicle. No value was given. Burglary: 7:29 a.m., 414 17th St. SE. A burglar, or several burglars, got away with $1,480 in cash and property from Regency Auburn Rehabilitation Center. Bike theft: 3:40 p.m., 400 block of D Street Northeast. Somebody stole a blue Diamondback men’s bicycle from somebody’s property.
bor called 911 to report having seen a man drive down the street in his white Toyota pickup truck then stop near a woman lying in the middle of the 5400 block of James Avenue Southeast. The neighbor said he watched the man pick up the woman and throw her into the back of his pickup truck before driving into his garage and closing the door. The neighbor knocked on the door but, hearing no response, called 911. Police arrived to find a white pickup truck in the garage and a woman in the truck bed, bleeding profusely from stab wounds to her back. The woman told investigators that her husband had repeatedly stabbed her but that she had stumbled outside and fallen on the grass. According to Williams’ account, the injured woman said she had lain on the grass for some time before her husband returned, wearing rubber gloves and carrying garbage bags. She told police he tried to strangle her and place one of the bags over her head, but she begged him to let her die while she lay looking at the sky. “Jerold then sat down, lit a cigarette and began to drink coffee,” Williams wrote. “Joan stated that Jerold complained it was
taking too long for her to die. He dragged her back into the garage. He tried to strangle her again but stopped when he told her she was going to die and to leave her alone. “I’m going to sit here until you die,” Jerold Goodwillie allegedly told his wife. Joan Goodwillie said she lay still as he grabbed her and loaded her into the back of the truck. Ultimately she escaped and rolled herself down the driveway and onto the street, hoping someone would see her. When her husband picked her up, he took her back to the garage, telling her, “you’re going to die here.” When officers arrived they allegedly saw Mr. Goodwillie walk through a door from the house into the garage, wearing only pants and gloves, his arms covered in blood. In addition to at least three stab wounds on her back, one of which lacerated a lung, Joan Goodwillie sustained a deep laceration to her left thumb, which severed or severely injured her tendons. Her heart stopped at least once but medics revived her. Investigators said Jerold Goodwillie sustained cuts to his hands. He was handcuffed and taken to a hospital for treatment.
Theft: 1:51 p.m., 400 block of 16th Street Northeast. Some thief smashed a man’s car window and yanked out two computers and a hard drive. No value was given.
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June 26 Burglary: Overnight, 3501 C St. NE. Burglars struck an Auburn manufacturing company, taking three spools of copper wire. Booze theft: 9:05 a.m., 1231 Auburn Way N. A man walked out of Rite Aid with two cases of liquor. Trespassing: 12:40 p.m., 810 block of 28th Street Southeast. When police detained a man for trespassing in another man’s backyard they found upon the intruder’s person varied burglary tools and marijuana. The family that steals together: 8:17 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Top Foods took offense at the practices of a shoplifting mother-anddaughter duo and called in police to arrest the pair. Theft of booze: 8:37 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Even while police were still on scene at Top Foods dealing with mom and her girl, whose thieving misdeeds were sketched above, a man tried his luck at spiriting away $422.92 in liquor under the very noses of police and was himself
June 27 Arrest: 4:29 p.m., 3214 A St. SE. Police arrested a man at Auburn Valley Towing on a confirmed Auburn bench warrant that referenced his having left a child unattended at a liquor establishment and abandoning a dependent person. Police presented the man with a shiny new court date and let him go. Trespassing: 8:54 p.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Not so long ago the powers that be at the Muckleshoot Casino told a woman – her misdeeds here undisclosed – to scram, get lost, never return. When police learned the woman had ignored the forever edict and shown up again, they arrested, cited and released her.
June 30 Dog theft: 4:42 p.m., 31800 block of 112th Avenue Southeast. Somebody stole from a woman two Great Pyrenees dogs, one of the dogs a puppy, the other an old timer. DUI: 10:01 p.m., 600 block of 15th Street Northeast. Police arrested a man for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after stopping him for inordinately loud music pulsating, pounding and percussing innocent eardrums.
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The tribes’ fight to preserve and protect the salmon and our treaty fishing rights has mirrored the civil rights struggle in the United States. That’s because treaty rights are civil rights, just like your right to vote, and they are protected under the U.S. Constitution. When we were fighting for our treaty rights in the 1960s, we marched with Dr. Martin Luther King. Returning home, we continued the struggle by protesting, getting arrested, getting out of jail and starting over again. On Sept. 9, 1970 we had a fish camp under the Puyallup River Bridge near Tacoma. The state of Washington came down on us that day, just like they had done many times before, to stop us from exercising our treaty right to fish. They gassed us Indians and threw us all in jail. But someone else got gassed that day, too. His name was Stan Pitkin, the U.S. Attorney for western Washington. He was part of the crowd that gathered that day to watch the event unfold. Troubled by what he witnessed, Pitkin quickly took the first steps to file the U.S. v. Washington court case that would lead to the 1974 Boldt decision. With the support of the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney’s office, we were successful in defending our treaty-reserved fishing rights. Under the Boldt decision we were affirmed as co-managers of the salmon resource with the state of Washington. We are responsible for managing half of the salmon returning to Western Washington every year. But since the Boldt decision we have seen a steady decline of the salmon resource. After a long, difficult battle, we are seeing [ more FRANK page 7 ]
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Politics in slime time Cast a shadow over a name with the stone you throw. Our mayor is a Korean war hero. Citations and medals shine through doubt cast about. Outgoing mayor un-chargeable. None of his doings reached the level of crime. A City Council person is still paying a terrible price for his service in the hell we call Vietnam. It happens all around us examples of how rotten politics can be. You don’t have to dig far to find dirt, and there’s always somebody willing to dig in your backyard. Look over your shoulder. Now they’re throwing boulders.
– Gerald A. McBreen, Pacific Poet Laureate
Letters policy The Auburn Reporter welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. Letters must include a name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. Letters may be edited for length. Letters should be no more than 250 words in length. Submissions may be printed both in the paper and electronically. Deadline for letters to be considered for publication is 2 p.m. Tuesday. Pacific residents cannot afford paying slackers with $100,000 or so salaries. And Mayor Sun is doing well without drawing a salary. – Molly Graece
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Here is a comment that was written last year by then-Pacific Mayor Richard Hildreth. It needs to be reminded to the citizens of Pacific. “Although I am disappointed in losing to negative campaigning and the deception of our citizens, I know that as the truth comes out, the public will see the mistake that was made,”
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Waving to my friends who serve and protect us Many days, after Mac and Scooter, the black Dachshund/Beagle brothers, and I have walked around downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods of Auburn, we stop and reward ourselves with an Americano at Zola’s Cafe, across from the Justice Center. Dogs aren’t allowed inside, a fact
I find a bit irritating, but it isn’t Zola’s fault. So, we sit outside when it is not raining and watch traffic go by. Mac and Scooter actually don’t drink Americanos, but they each get a finger scoop of whipped cream that I have Sonya or one of her great helpers squirt onto the top of my coffee. They are John Pinsker
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I know I will have to make a lot of changes for London.” – Auburn’s Ariana Kukors, who earned a berth on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team.
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satisfied and seldom beg for more of our reward than that. Customarily, one of them jumps onto my lap, but if my spouse Regina is with us, my lap is usually second choice. I don’t mind. From the sidewalk in front of Zola’s, I notice the amazingly large number of police cars in the lot across the street. I normally think of Auburn as a small town, but the large number of police cars
tells me otherwise. Police vehicles come and go constantly as I sit, the electric gates opening and closing on remote command at both the entrance and exit to the parking area. Sometimes I can tell when officers are going off shift, because they remove their equipment from the trunk. Frequently the vehicles exit with their sirens just beginning to blare the emergency to which they are heading. Other times, I suppose not quite as urgently, the vehicles, after stopping at the intersection, [ more PINSKER page 6 ]
[6] July 6, 2012 [ LETTERS from page 5 ] Hildreth said in a statement. “I pray that mistake does not prove to be fatal to our city.” I am just appalled by the whole thing. Get Hildreth back in office to clean this up. – L. Kahle
Please improve our roads In regards to road conditions in our town, they are
www.auburn-reporter.com a mess. Is it any wonder we are not so quick to approve the huge amount? Two or three times we voted (vehicle) tabs down, and they are $90. You don’t seem to listen to us. Are you surprised we are not listening to you? Maybe $60 from tabs should be used for roadwork. The traffic is bad, and gas is so high. I live and love Auburn. Please put your heads together to do something
about our roads. I volunteer to help. Keep it a good place to live. – Barbara Lofquist
Alcohol has its place, despite the high cost I would like to respond to Dean Radford’s recent commentary about the new Washington liquor law/taxes (“Liquor doesn’t deserve obvious spot in our everyday lives”, Reporter,
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June 22). He implies that he doesn’t like seeing vodka and whiskey on sale near the chips and other items. I would suggest just pass by and don’t complain. I don’t like seeing cigarettes, pasta and carrot juice, but I just walk by and don’t complain. People and families are affected by alcohol in some way. It boils down again to personal responsibility. Some make very bad choices. My wife and I have one or two cocktails at home every night. After a busy day, it is very relaxing to sip and talk with each other on our patio. We don’t argue or change personalities. We drink responsibly. It brings us closer together. Radford didn’t mention the new high taxes on liquor in this state. I’m sure these were bestowed on us for voting the state out of the business. At a local store recently, we saw a 1.75-liter bottle of vodka, base price $11.50, and in small print, plus taxes. There is a $3.77 “liter tax” equalling $6.60, and a 20.5 percent “liquor sales tax” equalling $2.36. So now there is a 78 percent tax on this bottle, bringing the cost to $20.46. We will not fall victim to these outrageous taxes. California and Nevada can sell the same vodka bottle for about $10.50, plus a 4-5 percent sales tax. It’s high time the voters also throw out these Washington tax-and-spend politicians. As I always say, “Charity begins at home.” – Richard Schurk
nology has helped stymie the disease from ruining everything in its path. Thanks to major advances in treatment options for many cancers, survival rates have dramatically increased over the past three decades. In fact, the five-year relative survival rate for all cancers is now 67 percent. However, pancreatic cancer has not seen the same advances. It is an insidious disease that kills 74 percent of its victims within one year of being diagnosed, and only six percent survive more than five years. Worse yet, the estimated number of cases of pancreatic cancer are expected to increase by 55 percent between 2010 and 2030. Pancreatic cancer needs to be addressed so that these estimates do not turn into reality. Legislation, called the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act (S. 362/H.R. 733), is being debated in Congress and would require the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a long term and comprehensive strategy concerning pancreatic cancer. But the bill needs your support to become law. Please join me and contact Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Congressman Dave Reichert. Ask them to pass the Pancreatic Cancer Research & Education Act, and together we can ensure that this deadly disease gets the attention that it deserves. Go to www.knowitfightitendit.org to learn how you can take action today. – Julie K. Pember
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[ PINSKER from page 5 ] roar into traffic, headed somewhere without making quite so much noise. More often than not, Auburn police officers, clad in bullet-proof vests, reflective of these days and times, come and go quietly from the station, patrolling, protecting and helping. “The police are your friends,” I remember hearing in my childhood of the 1950s. More often than not, Auburn police officers driving past Mac and Scooter and I somewhere on the sidewalks of Auburn, wave and smile pleasantly to us. I wave back to my friends.
Auburn resident John Pinsker is a retired public high school English teacher.
in our state. Since 1999 I have been working on a masters research project, which I call Transition 2030 today. The research project has two websites – www.transition2030.webs.com and www.future4washington. webs.com – which may be found using Google. The state faces some serious financial issues. Because of lower revenues, it has cut support for colleges and universities. Tuition at the University of Washington has grown by more than 242 percent in 20 years. Washington has a total state debt of more than $18 billion. State spending has dropped each year since 2007, while the net number of new driver’s licenses has increased by more than 100,000 each year. The number of DSHS employees has decreased 3,855 since 2008. I believe the answer is to completely replace the current tax system with a moderately progressive income tax. This could be done by the Legislature and should help them to be politically popular. They could lower tuition, save DSHS, save basic health, lower the state debt, and save law enforcement and fire departments to protect them. I am trying to start a charitable trust fund, the Transition 2030 Fund, which would be a 501c3. This would pay the expenses of the research project and the two websites. If you have questions or know someone who would like to help form the charitable trust fund, contact me at mathteacher4@live.com or author4research@yahoo. com. – Eric Paulsen
Cascade Water Alliance crews recently found the Lake Tapps milfoil infestation has been radically reduced from the last two years and will not require widespread chemical treatment this summer. Following treatments over the last two years, about 95 percent of the milfoil recorded in 2010 is gone, officials said. “We are extremely pleased with the success of the program and how quickly and dramatically milfoil has been reduced on the lake. We expected to conduct a third year of chemical treatment,” said Jon Shimada, capital projects director, “but it looks like that won’t be necessary.” No widespread use of chemicals to treat the milfoil is planned for the summer, of-
ficials said. Instead, in selected areas where milfoil remains, divers will hand-pull plants. If divers find problematic areas, chemical treatment will take place on a limited basis. Cascade now shifts its approach to ongoing maintenance, regularly monitoring milfoil growth on the lake. The cooperation of residents and boaters is essential to the longterm goal of removing milfoil. “We’re asking boaters to check for and remove any trace of milfoil if they are coming in from other lakes where there might be an infestation,” said Joe Mickelson, Lake Tapps manager. Boater and residents who find milfoil growing in the lake, should call Cascade at 1-877453-0930.
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Berend ready for a run at State Insurance Commissioner Local agent says he’s more than equipped for the top position By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Thirty years of experience in the insurance business, 27 of them as a small-business owner, have given Brian Berend the chops to be a very good Washington State Insurance Commissioner, he says. But the Farmer’s Insurance agent will also tell you that he’s running for the position now, and as an independent, because the insurance commissioner’s office of 2012 under Democratic incumbent Mike Kreidler has let the agenda of a political party agenda distract it. Advancing the goals of a political party, Berend argues, was not what the people who established the office in 1908 had in mind for it. “The entire purpose of the office is to regulate insurance,” Berend said at his recent campaign kickoff party at the Truitt Building in Auburn. “And my vision of the insurance commissioner’s office is to bring it back to the independent, executive position it was meant to be, focusing
[ FRAnK from page 5 ] our hard-won treaty rights slip away because salmon and their habitat are being lost faster than they can be restored, and the state refuses to enforce its own laws to protect the resource. We may once again need the help of the Justice Department to protect our treaty rights. Last summer we launched our Treaty Rights at Risk initiative to call on the federal government to take charge of salmon recovery in Western Washington. We took this strong step because we are losing the fight for the salmon. The federal government has both
Auburn’s Brian Berend, with customer service representative Laurie Dahl at the Truitt Building last week, is ready to fill the State Insurance Commissioner’s seat as an independent voice who wants to lead and educate the public. ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter on, protecting and educating the people of this state about all kinds of insurance. “I feel that I know what it takes to take care of people,” Berend added. “My customers rely on me to navigate through these troubled waters of insurance, and they’ve been with me years and years because they trust me.” the obligation and authority to recover salmon and protect our treaty rights. We want the government to align its agencies and programs to lead a more coordinated effort and get us back on the path to recovery. We are encouraged by the early response from the federal government. We all agree about the need to strengthen the tribal and federal relationship to address obstacles to salmon recovery. We’ve already developed recovery plans and identified habitat barriers in most watersheds. Now we need a commitment from the federal government to coordinate the effort to tackle the
Besides Berend, candidates are Kreidler, D, John R. Adams, R, and Scott Reilly, R. The top two vote-getters in the Aug. 7 primary advance to the November general election, regardless of party. What the office needs, Berend said, is a leader to refocus its efforts while taking advantage of emerging technologies to retool most pressing obstacles in each watershed. In the end, that effort can only be as effective as the decisions we make and the actions we take. We sure don’t need more talk. We don’t need more process. We need action. That’s why I think the Department of Justice needs to take a hard look at the damage being done to salmon habitat and the threat to our treaty rights. That may seem like strong medicine, but for us Indian people, nothing less than the heart of our culture is at stake.
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the industry to better serve the people of this state. By 2014, he said, there should be an estimated 1.1 million more people in the state of Washington who will be covered by health insurance and who will need access to health care providers. Accordingly, the ICO must work with the health care industry to bolster the workforce to help meet the growing needs. “We need to make sure the educational institutions have programs in place to train, retrain and hire for these new jobs and provide subsidies for hospitals and clinics for creating on-site training programs.” Doesn’t Berend worry about being the underdog in the race? “How could I not be?” Berend responded. “But I have an inner belief that it’s the right thing to do. I really feel that in the last 20 years or so, the insurance companies, the lobbyists, the political action committees have gotten to the point where they are supporting certain people for certain offices. But again, it’s back full circle to that political agenda. Why should the insurance commissioner be a Democrat or a Republican? Whatever happened to voting for the best person, regardless of politics?” One question he often gets: what happens now that President Obama’s Affordable Health Care
Act has been ruled constitutional? “It’s federal law, we have to comply with what they ask for. And one of the things we have to do in Washington is establish a health care exchange. We need to have accessibility, to have people sign up for this health insurance, whether it’s on 800 numbers, whether it’s via a website presence, whether it’s kiosks in Yakima, Wenatchee, Tri Cities, or Spokane. We also have to have multilingual staff to help people access coverage.” A Washington State native born and raised in the south end of King County, Berend has volunteered at the Auburn Food Bank, Valley Christian School and is a 20-year member of the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce. He has also been an assistant coach for Auburn Little League and an instructor for Junior Achievement for the last four years. He is a Green River Community College graduate and a graduate of the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound. He has earned the LUTCF designation from The National Association of Life Underwriters and the CIC designation from the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors. He is chairman of the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce, and past president of the Sumner Meadows Men’s Golf Club.
UW law student from Auburn receives prestigious travel fellowship
or research. UW graduate students, undergraduate students in the Honors Program and in UW Tacoma’s Global Honors Program White are eligible to apply. While traveling on his Bonderman Fellowship, White hopes to “travel to regions of the world that are the least touched by our global consumer culture.” With a passion for cycling, he plans to plans to bike through the Western Himalayas and the
Rocky White, a University of Washington law student from Auburn, is one of 14 UW students who have been awarded Bonderman Travel Fellowships. Students traveling with the $20,000 fellowship set off on solo journeys that are at least eight months long and take them to at least two regions of the world. While traveling, students may not pursue academic study, projects
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[8] July 6, 2012 [ WHITE from page 7 ] remote tropical islands of the South Pacific, making stops in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. He hopes to explore how these cultures regard the idea of urgency, leisure and productivity. White plans to receive his Juris Doctor degree from the UW in
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June 2013. He served as president of the Latino Law Students Association, a volunteer translator for the Latino Bar Association of Washington Legal Clinic, and was selected as a National Leadership Council on Legal Diversity scholar. He has completed internships with Microsoft and Boeing and volunteered at an organic farm in Jamaica.
Valley Regional Fire Authority Administrator Eric Robertson recently received the Melvin Jones Fellow Award for achieving the highest standard of humanitarian service. Robertson received the honor at an Auburn Noon Lions installation ceremony. The club contributed $1,000 to Lions International Care Foundation in honor of the achievement.
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On the Fourth of July, thirty-five years ago, at my first fundraiser for AYR, one board member owned a pickle factory -- thus, pickles at Les Gove. Several of us stood out there with our trove, yelling, “Buy a pickle on a stick.” Few did, but we gathered stares from everybody walking by. Some even glared, and by the end of the day, we’d eked out only fifty bucks. On that Fourth of July, I hardly thought about the Declaration of Independence, or the searing words of our Founding Fathers: self-evident truths... all men created equal... endowed with the Inalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. What gifts we have in America, right here in Auburn, selling pickles in Les Gove Park!
Post, Auxiliary Unit install officers For the Reporter
The Auburn American Legion Post 78 and Auxiliary Unit 78 recently installed their 2012-2013 officers who officially take office following the state convention in July. Installed for Post 78 were: Jennifer Dahlman (commander); Robert Poznanski (senior vice commander); Michael Schooley (junior vice commander); Tom Valencour (finance officer); Carol Reed (adjutant); Luther Cowan (sergeant at arms); Roger Olsen (chaplain); William “Skee” Goforth (historian); and Joe Reed (service officer). Installed for Unit 78 were: Sharon Schooley (president); Doreen Hinrichs (1st vice president); Betty Cummings (2nd vice president); Carol Dunham (secretary); Donna Braunschweig (treasurer); Nelda Raasch (chaplain); and Molly Cummings (sergeant at arms). Auburn Post 78 is promoting its community service project, in conjunction with the City of Auburn and the Auburn School
From the left, Jennifer Dahlman, Robert Poznanski, Michael Schooley, Tom Valencour and Luther Cowan participate in the ceremonies. COURTESY PHOTO
District, to transform the gray concrete wall of Auburn Memorial Stadium to a series of paintings that will honor veterans from World War I to present. To make the project possible, the Post is soliciting donations to help cover the cost of the materials and construction. The public can send donations to: Auburn Post 78, Veterans Mural Project, P.O. Box 668, Auburn, WA 98071-0668.
Pacific Days returns to city park July 13-15 Pacific Partnerships presents its annual Pacific Days on July 13-15 at Pacific City Park, 600 3rd Ave. SE. The free three-day event runs 4-9
The 175-foot mural is expected to be completed for dedication Nov. 10, the Auburn Veterans Day celebration. To see the proposed design and progress of the project, visit www.AmericanLegionAuburnPost78.com/veteransmural-project.html. In addition, Auburn Post 78, with assistance from the Inter-Tribal Warrior Society, performs flag disposal ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial Park
p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. A kids parade with children riding their decorated bicycles down 3rd Avenue Southeast begins at 6:15 p.m. Friday. A grand parade, also running along 3rd Avenue, begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. A pooch pageant is Sunday.
several times per year. If you have tattered and worn flags for disposal, there is a flag collection container at Auburn City Hall. You also may contact the Post to make arrangements to drop them off. The Auburn American Legion family includes the South Sound Riders Chapter 78, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts. Meetings and rides are scheduled at various times during the year. The Post meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. The Auxiliary Unit meets at 10 a.m. on the second Monday of the month. The Post, Auxiliary and Riders members have a joint potluck dinner at 6 p.m. prior to the Post meeting on the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held from September through June at the Warren Building in the Veterans Memorial Park, 405 E St. NE, Auburn. For more information or to schedule an appointment with a service officer, please contact the Post at 253-9395789.
Pacific Days features 60 arts and crafts vendors, raffles, games and prizes, food booths, a car bash and onstage entertainment. Food donations will be accepted at the Pacific Partnerships booth. For more information, visit www. pacificpartnerships.org.
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Madison Millard recently received top honors for her work at Olympic Middle School. Millard earned the class’s overall Academic Award Plaque for her academic achievements, Washington Green Schools dedication and hard work. recently honored Lakeland Hills The eighth-grader also was Elementary School with a awarded certificates Level 1 Washington Green for academics honors School certification and SCHOOL in science, math and flag, language arts. She was The Green Team awarded a certificate for conducted a rigorous maintaining at a least assessment of waste and a 3.5 GPA. Her actual recycling practices on campus. GPA was 3.97. The results indicated that beverMillard earned straight-A’s in age containers were contributsixth, seventh and eighth grade. ing a huge amount to the waste In addition, she volunteered produced on campus. and earned a certificate for her work on the school’s “Green As a result of the investigation, Team,” which follows the King the Green Team emphasized a County Green Schools Recycling recycling effort. The school was Program. able to reduce its waste from
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headache and a private ambulance sped her off to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
June 27 Aid call: 7:20 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters and King County Medics helped a teenage boy who’d suffered facial injuries from fireworks and firefighters hustled him off to Harborview Medical Center.
Car fire: 8:20 a.m., (Algona). Firefighters hustling to a reported car fire on Southbound Highway 167 found a vehicle that had left the roadway and entered the center median, but no fire and no injuries. The Washington State Patrol investigated.
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Aid call: 11:30 a.m., (Pacific). Firefighters examined and treated a woman suffering from a migraine
Illegal burn: 7:38 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters called to an illegal burn complaint talked with the
Aid call: 3:50 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters and King County Medics helped a man who had lost consciousness and a private ambulance got him to ARMC.
1,200 cubic feet to 830 cubic feet per month, saving the school nearly $500 per month. The Washington Green Schools proNaff gram provides a certification framework, educational resources and tools for public and private K-12 schools to create greener, healthier schools. More than 200 Washington schools participated, and approximately 50 have been certified in one or more environmental categories since the program began in 2009.
Elsewhere Ryan Naff was Lake View Elementary’s June Student of the Month. Naff, a fifth-grader, is the son of Laurie Sloan and Dan Naff. His favorite classes are science and art. Among his activities and
homeowner and he snuffed out his cooking fire.
June 30 Vehicle accident: 7:02 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a report of a cargo truck that had rolled over and spilled paint found the driver uninjured but the truck on its side and 20 gallons of paint on the ground. Firefighters took efforts to prevent further environmental damage and contacted the Department of Ecology to oversee cleanup efforts.
July 1 Aid call: 4:14 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters responded to a middleaged man complaining that he could not move his hands or sit up. Firefighters evaluated and treated the man, and a private ambulance transported him in stable condition to ARMC.
Class act: Madison Millard left her mark at Olympic Middle School. COURTESY PHOTO hobbies are orchestra, Boy Scouts, basketball, collecting and hiking. … Auburn’s Sarah E. Farver
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ONCE AGAIN Gonzaga-bound Rucker, Minteer are lifelong teammates on the diamond By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
Michael Rucker and Nick Minteer have played ball together for 10 years. Through middle school, select baseball and on into high school, the Auburn Riverside graduates wore the same uniform, enjoyed thrashing the same opponents. And, what do you know, as the duo moves on to the next level, they’ll still be playing together – this round for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs. “It’s funny, we played on the North Tapps Bulldogs, the Kent (Select) Bulldogs and now the Gonzaga Bulldogs,” Minteer said with a laugh. They first became teammates in second grade when Rucker and his
family moved from Mississippi to Auburn. Seems only fitting that Minteer’s first impression of Rucker was on the diamond. “I thought he was a pretty darn good pitcher,” Minteer said. “We both hit pretty good, but he was usually the pitcher. “I just remember Nick was always the fast one,” Rucker added. By the time they began playing middle school ball for the North Tapps Bulldogs, the pair were already rising above the pack. “We kicked everybody’s butt (at North Tapps),” Minteer said. “We only lost one or two games in seventh and eighth grade.” “And those were the games we weren’t there,” Rucker added. Seeking to further hone their skills, Rucker – a pitcher – and Minteer – an outfielder – joined the Kent Bulldogs for the summer select seasons, playing up to 70 games each season.
Auburn Riverside grads Nick Minteer, left, and Michael Rucker will attend and play baseball at Gonzaga University. They have played on the same baseball teams since they were in the second grade. SHAWN SKAGER, Auburn Reporter Once in high school, the duo lit up the South Puget Sound League North, driving the Ravens to state berths in their junior and senior years. Minteer capped his prep career with a solid 2012 season, hitting .397 with 21 RBIs, seven doubles
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Healthcare Law: Keep or repeal? The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Healthcare Act last week, ruling it a tax, and therefore constitutional. What exactly is the additional tax that will be imposed on U.S. citizens, and can a person avoid paying this tax? What are the specific healthcare changes in the document … what was omitted or avoided? First, there are many rules considered positive in the healthcare document. Here are four: 1. If you become seriously ill, develop a chronic condition or cancer, your insurance company cannot drop your coverage. 2. Young adults can remain on their parents’ insurance plan up until age 26. 3. Insurance companies cannot deny insurance coverage to chil-
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dren with pre-existing illness. 4. Insurance companies must offer “free” preventative care. However, this only applies to new policies or upgrades of existing polices, the exception being Medicare. But, what is the definition of “free?” Does it only refer to no co-pays when you see your doctor for a physical? What about ageappropriate screening tests (mammogram, bone density, blood work like cholesterol and blood sugar, colonoscopies, etc.), are these covered? In 2014, there will be additional healthcare rules. Here are three important and major changes: 1. Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny any adult insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions.
[ BULLDOGS from page 10 ] As a team, Auburn Riverside finished the year with a 16-9-1 overall record, 9-7 in the SPSL North 4A. The Ravens qualified for the state 4A playoffs but lost in the first round to Gonzaga Prep, 6-5. “We started non-league pretty solid, 3-0,” Rucker said. “Then going into league we kind of found ourselves in a rough spot. But I think we just needed to kind of find our identity and figure out what our roles where. That helped us to establish a team that qualified for the playoffs and made it to state again.” “Putting Auburn Riverside on the map was a high point,” Minteer said. Minteer and Rucker were rewarded for their senior seasons with selections
to the Washington State All-State Baseball Series in June, and both were named game MVPs for their respective performances. “There were 72 kids, all the way from 1B to 4A,” Rucker said. “We played in the championship game, which was us, Team Adams versus Rainier. I went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. On the mound I pitched two innings and struck out four. I closed it out and got the save, and we won the championship.” Minteer, who played for Team St. Helens, won his MVP award with a 2-for-3 performance, slugging a triple and a single. “It was interesting and fun to see all the best kids that you normally play against all on the same team,” Minteer said. “The competitive-
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2. Small businesses that employ 50 people or more must provide insurance for all their employees, or face a substantial fine. 3. An individual mandate will require all citizens to purchase and retain health insurance or face a substantial tax imposed and rigidly enforced by the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). Many important healthcare issues were not addressed in the healthcare document. Here are just three examples: 1. There is no cap on insurance premiums. As a result, your insurance premiums can increase up to 10 percent yearly, and this is legal. 2. It failed to address the doctor shortage. By the year 2014, there will be an influx of 32 million people into the insurance market looking for a primary care doctor, but there are not enough doctors to properly service this volume.
whichever is the greater amount. For examples, if your annual taxable income is $50,000, your yearly tax will be $1,250. Is there a way this tax can be avoided? Yes, this tax, and therefore a more expensive healthcare system, can be avoided. How? The Supreme Court has left this decision up to the people’s vote this coming election in November.
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A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PACIFIC CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, JULY 10th, 2012 AT 6:30 P.M. AGENDA ACTION ITEMS: A. Ordinance No. 12-18XX, Amending Pacific Municipal Code Chapter 20.06 Relating To The Definition Of Buy Back Recycling Center B.Ordinance No. 12-18XX, Amending Pacific Municipal Code Chapters 20.04; 20.06 and 20.60 Relating To The Regulation Of Recycling Processors Published in Auburn Reporter on July 6, 2012. #647950. City of Pacific PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING The Pacific Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at Pacific City Hall, 100 3rd Ave. SE, Pacific, WA 98047. Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment Proposal CP11-004: re-district from Single-Family to Multiple-Family proposed by Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King County for Megan’s Meadow subdivision at 1st Avenue E and Skinner Road. Purpose of the Hearing: to accept comments and testimony on this amendment. Written comments will be accepted at the Community Development/Public Works Department or at the Public Hearing. Information regarding this proposal may be reviewed at Pacific City Hall, 100 3rd Ave. SE, Pacific, WA 98047. Call Paula Wiech at 253929-1111 with questions. Published in Auburn Reporter on July 6, 2012. #648091. PUBLIC NOTICE Bureau of Indian Affairs Land Acquisitions – Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Pursuant to 25 C.F.R. 151.12(b), this provides notice that a final agency determination has been made to acquire the following lands in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, described as: PARCEL A: THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER, LESS THE WEST 1,654.96 FEET AND LESS GOVERNMENT 8, ALL IN SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, W.M., IN
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. EXCEPT THE SOUTH 30 FEET CONVEYED TO KING COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DEED RECORDED UNDER KING COUNTY RECORDING NUMBER 2692108. Tax Parcel No. 0120059051 PARCEL B: GOVERNMENT LOT 8, SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EXCEPT THE EAST 25 FEET THEREOF CONVEYED TO KING COUNTY BY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECORDING NUMBER 348335; AND EXCEPT THE SOUTH 30 FEET THEREOF CONVEYED TO KING COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES BY DEED RECORDED UNDER RECORDING NUMBER 2695220; AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 8; THENCE SOUTH 88 °04’03” EAST 969.66 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF 180TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST; THENCE SOUTH 0°07’45” EAST 221.4 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88°04’03” WEST 950.34 FEET; THENCE NORTH 5°05’53” WEST 222.93 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Tax Parcel No. 0120059020 PARCEL C: THAT PORTION OF GOVERNMENT LOT 8, SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 8; THENCE SOUTH 88°04’03” EAST 969.66 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF 180TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST; THENCE SOUTH 0°07’45” EAST 221.4 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88°04’03” WEST 950.34 FEET; THENCE NORTH 5°05’53” WEST 222.93 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE EAST 350 FEET THEREOF. Tax Parcel No. 0120059066 Transfer of title to the United States of America shall occur no sooner than 30 days from the date this notice is published. Published in Auburn Reporter on July 6, 2012. #647971.
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CALENDAR Events Auburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the website: www.auburntourism.com. Auburn International Farmers Market: 9 a.m.2 p.m., Sundays, through Sept. 23, Auburn Sound Transit Plaza, 23 A St. SW. Opening its fourth season. Features more than 40 vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, and a concession stand that is restaurant-based but features a home-cooked taste. The market includes free performances, guest chef demonstrations with farm-fresh ingredients, children’s activities and classes on health, nutrition, and gardening. For more information, visit www.auburnfarmersmarket.org. Pacific Days: July 13-15, Pacific City Park, 600 3rd Ave. SE. Hours: 4-9 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Free event. Featuring kids parade (6:15 p.m. Friday and best decorated bicycle contest) on 3rd Avenue Southeast; grand parade (10 a.m. Saturday) also on 3rd Avenue Southeast; inflatable slides for kids; pooch pageant; prizes; more than 60 arts and crafts vendors; raffle; food booths, car bash, onstage entertainment. Food donations being accepted at the Pacific Partnerships booth. For further information including a map to the park, visit www. pacificpartnerships.org. Auburn Sidewalk Sale: July 20-22, downtown Auburn. Organizers looking for musicians. Casual venue and strolling musicians welcomed. For information call 253-833-2750 and ask for John. Also offering free booths to any Auburn business. If interested, call 253-709-0000.
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(ages 8-9, 10-11); elementary girls (8-9, 10-11); teen boys (12-14, 15-18) and teen girls (12-14, 15-18). Cost is $30 per team. All teams will play a minimum of three games. Algona residents and Auburn Valley Y members will receive a $15 discount. For more information, contact Shawniene Kaufman, Auburn Valley Y, at 253-876-7561 or skaufman@seattleymca.org; or Kevin Caviezel, City of Algona, at 253-833-2897 or kevinc@algonawa.gov.
products, or hygiene/personal care products for the cause. Organic products welcome. Free camp offered every other Saturday: July 28; Aug. 11, 25. Dog Days: Aug. 17-19, Pacific Raceways drag strip, 31001 144th Ave. SE, Kent. Machinists Union District Lodge 751 teams up with Pacific Raceways for its annual charity fundraising event. District 751 is selling discount tickets for Pacific Raceways’ NHRA Lucas Oil Division 6 Top Fuel dragster and Funny car races, which will take place that weekend. Tickets are $5 and good for one day’s entry to the races. Tickets are on sale at all District 751 union halls in Puget Sound, including the Auburn Hall, 201 A St. SW. Proceeds will go to Guide Dogs of America, a California-based charity that provides service dogs to people across North America who are blind or have impaired vision.
66th annual Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering: 8 a.m.-11 p.m., July 28; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., July 29, Enumclaw Expo Center, 45224 284th Ave. SE. Authentic weekend of Scottish dancing and foods, bagpipe bands and old country field events. Admission: (per day) $15 adults; $11 seniors 60 and over, active, retired, veteran military; $11 children 5-17; 5 and under free; (two-day) $22 adults; $16 seniors 60 and over, active, retired, veteran military; $16 children 5-17. For more information, call 206-522-2541 or visit www.sshga.org.
Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., July 7, Lakeland Hills Community, 1408 Lake Tapps Parkway E; 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., July 11, Costco Wholesale #828, 1802 M St. NW, Auburn; 11 a.m.-2 p.m., July 14, City of Pacific (Pacific Days), 600 Third Ave. SE; 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., July 21, Algona Days, 401 Warde St. S., Algona; 10 a.m.1 p.m., July 25, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S. For more information, call 1-877-2425663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.
ArtRageous: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Aug. 4, downtown Auburn. Free to the public. See and meet local artists. Hands-on activities, art making for all ages, including woodcarving, printmaking, clay, metal and more. Artists from throughout the region selling their quality handmade goods. Juried art show on display. Artwork for sale in the City Hall Gallery. For more information, call 253-931-3043.
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Algona Days: 5-9 p.m., July 20; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. July 21, Matchett Park, 402 Warde St., Algona. Vendors needed. Outdoor movie, entertainment, games, a train ride and other activities are planned. Cost for a booth is $35 or $50 if electricity is needed. Call 253833-2897 for an application.
Puget Sound Blood Center drives: For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www. psbc.org.
1st annual Trojan Golf Classic: 7:30 a.m., July 7, Auburn Golf Course, 29630 Green River Road SE. Four-man scramble. Cost: $85 includes greens fees, power cart and lunch. Mini-games, prizes and auction. Registration information at www. auburnhoops.com or by contacting Sam Oliver at 253-347-4453.
First annual Aging Expo, “Aging Successfully in Auburn and Beyond”: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 11, Grace Community Church, 1320 Auburn Way S. Expo tailored toward baby boomers, older adults, their families and caregivers. Looking for exhibitors that have products or services that benefit these individuals to make the most out of life and look forward to a happy, healthy and financially secure future. To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact Pegi Moll at the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce at 253-833-0700 or pegi@auburnareawa.org.
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Kids SummerStage outdoor concert series: Noon, every Wednesday, July 11-Aug. 16, Les Gove Park, 910 9th St. SE, Auburn. Free. Lineup: • July 11 - Recess Monkey; • July 18 - The Magic of Louie Foxx; July 25 - singer/songwriter Eric Ode, with special guest, Viren Lemmer; • Aug. 1 - singer/songwriter Eric Herman; • Aug. - Caspar Babypants; • Aug. 15 Brian Vogan and his Good Buddies. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved inside Parks Building at Les Gove Park. For more information, call the Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043.
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Soundbites, Auburn’s newest concert series: Noon-1:30 p.m. every Friday, City Hall Plaza, 25 W. Main St., Auburn. Free to the public. Presented by Auburn Regional Medical Center. Lineup: • July 6 – Global Heat (hip hop, cool jazz, R&B & world beat) • July 13 – Hook Me Up (contemporary jazz); • July 20 – Wally and the Beavs (‘50s and ‘60s rock-n-roll); • July 27 – BB and the Riptides (surf party classics). For more information, call 253-931-3043.
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Mad Dog Boot Camp Fitness: 10:30-11:30 a.m., July 14, Chinook Elementary playground, 3502 Auburn Way S. Free fitness boot camp to support the Auburn Food Bank. Your only requirement to attend is to donate at least one canned or boxed food, baby
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29th annual “Senior College, Life-Long Learning”: July 16-20, Highline Community College’s main campus, 2400 S. 240th St., Des Moines. A special week for all seniors 55 and older. Price: $95 for individuals, $175 couples. Fee includes daily presentations, one class to participate in for the week and the Friday banquet. Call 206-870-3785 for more information and to register.
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Algona Days 3on3 Basketball Tournament: July 21-22, Matchett Park, 402 Warde St., Algona. Presented by the City of Algona, in partnership with the Auburn Valley Y. Age divisions are: elementary boys
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Neel Alan Maples was born March 2, 1962 in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of seven children toVance and Margaret Maples. He grew up in Kent, graduating from Kent Meridian High School. Neel worked as a truck driver, both long distance and local, for several companies. He enjoyed 15 years with the King County Journal in various capacities. Neel’s favorite pastime was playing darts and competing in local tournaments. For some time he was an active member of the Auburn chapter of the Eagles and enjoyed the lifelong friendships he built with fellow members and co-workers from the paper. Neel had been in declining health for the past few years and passed away at his home in Auburn on June 27, 2012. He is survived by his daughter Venessa Maples; mother Margaret; brother Vance Maples (Cheryl); sisters Terrie-Ann Heasley (Darryl), Joan Johnstone (Bruce), Sandra Liddle (Byron), Debra Strauss (Dennis), and Brenda Russie (Daniel), as well as numerous nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his father Vance Maples Sr.
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Auburn Valley Creative Arts kicks off a season of Art at the Market with a free giveaway. Arrive at the AVCA booth at the Farmers’ Market on Sunday and enter the drawing. This week’s art is a package of woodwork by Greg Fox.
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Merilyn Frances Louise Mills
Merilyn Frances Louise Mills, 64, left this life on June 28, 2012 after a courageous battle with Cancer. Merilyn was born on October 21, 1947, in Seattle,Washington, to Bryan and Frances Sargeant. She is survived by her husband Mel Mills; daughters Susan Roberts of Auburn, WA; Beth Roberts of Colorado; two grandchildren, Robbie and Arianna Rhode and Sister Carolyn Fairbanks of Graham, WA. She was preceded in death by her Parents Bryan and Frances Sargeant; brother Rod Sargeant and sister Kathy Sargeant. Merilyn graduated from University of Puget Sound in 1970 with a BA in Elementary Education. She was a licensed office manager in her husband’s State Farm Insurance Agency until 2000. Merilyn was a professional church organist/pianist from the age of 14 to 64. Mel and Merilyn would have celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on July 3rd. Viewing will be at Klontz Funeral Home from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 6th, at Auburn Way North and 4th NE in Auburn, WA. The funeral service will be Saturday, July 7th at 11:00a.m. at The United Methodist Church – East Main and “N” St. NE, Auburn, WA. The Interment is Tuesday, July 10th, 2:30 pm at Mountain View Cemetery.
Welcoming a baby takes careful planning. Your first step is to find the right doctor.
shop for an OB Doc featuring: Obstetricians who deliver at St. Francis Family Birth Center
tuesday, July 17 5:30 p.m. tour the family Birth center 6 – 7 p.m. event St. Francis Hospital Medical Office Building 34509 Ninth Ave. S. Federal Way
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Marjory Dell Schulte
Marjory Dell Schulte (aka Marge, Granny and Demps) was born to Oren Clyde Payne and Nettie Payne in Glenrock, Wyoming on August 25, 1918. The family moved to Wisconsin and then to northern Alberta. Marge married J. Henry (Hank) Schulte on May 15, 1937, and they moved to Pacific, Washington in 1945. She passed away on June 23, 2012, at Regency Auburn Rehabilitation Center in Auburn, Washington. She loved gardening, ceramics, knitting, crocheting, painting, reading, and spending time with family and friends. From the time her children started school, she was very involved with the Auburn School District and remained active when her grandchildren and great grandchildren were in school. She was instrumental in starting the APEC program in the Auburn School District and was recognized by the Auburn School Board for her dedication and work with kids. For the past 55 years, she was known as Granny to all her grandchildren, their friends, and the neighborhood kids. Every child loved to go see Granny because she always had two or three kinds of home-made cookies lined up in cookie jars in the pantry. She was the person who had all the answers and could solve any problem from nursing an injured bird or bunny back to life, to clipping chickens’ wings, to getting rid of lice! She is survived by her daughters, Audrey Cruickshank of Pacific, Washington and Susann Gunderman (Raymond) of Sebring, Florida; 11 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and numerous great, great grandchildren. She was preceded in death in 1994 by her husband of 56 years and her son, Floyd; brothers Loren, Dwight (Hoolie), Leonard (Barney), Payne and sister Cloe Day. At her request there will be no funeral service. A memorial service to celebrate Marge’s life will be held at Audrey’s house on Saturday, August 25, beginning at noon. Remembrances may be made to a charity of your choice. Please sign the online guest book at www.price-heltonfuneralhome.com 644031
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If you are planning a pregnancy or are already pregnant, finding the right obstetrical care can be very reassuring. Join us for a free event that gives you the opportunity to interview multiple doctors who deliver at St. Francis Family Birth Center. This moderated session is designed to: • Arm you with essential information for pregnancy and childbirth. • Help you choose a doctor at this exciting time in your life. • Answer all of your questions. Come early for a tour of the birth center, enjoy refreshments during the event, and go home with a stylish carry-all tote bag as our gift to you.
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