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Pacific mayor ready to take on recall

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

It was billed as an opportunity for representatives from the Teamster’s Local 117 union and Mayor Cy Sun

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to clear away the City of Pacific’s logjam of building permits and find a temporary fix for the community’s vacant building inspector union position.

But Tuesday’s open meeting at City Hall also provided a chance for Pacific residents to watch their controversial mayor in action, to what makes him tick, motivation and to weigh in

with appraisals of his performance.

For Jack French – a longtime resident and former Pacific councilman – and Rachel Kringle – a recent [ more SUN page 3 ]

VRFA: Thefts of fire life-safety equipment up

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

Olympian Ariana Kukors pauses before speaking to the crowd at the Auburn Performing Arts Center last Friday. ‘Thank you so much for all your support,’ the London-bound Kukors told family, friends and supports at her sendoff. MARK KLAAS, Reporter

OLYMPIC DREAMS REALIZED Proud Auburn community celebrates, sends Kukors off to London Games

BY MARK KLAAS

The Valley Regional Fire Authority and other fire agencies throughout the greater Puget Sound Region know a lot about beating back flames and saving lives.

But a recent uptick in the number of thefts of outside brass hose connections has created a new type of emergency that firefighters are hard pressed to handle.

More important, the absence of these connections, which support fire protection systems like standpipes and fire sprinklers inside buildings, can kill.

To date in 2012, thieves have walked away with a total of 37 individual fire department connections (FDCs), compromising at least 34 fire suppression sys-

Outside brass hose connections are a vital piece of fire safety equipment, and unfortunately, a prize for thieves. COURTESY PHOTO tems in the VRFA-service area.

While a handful were the single connection model, most were [ more THEFTS page 4 ]

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Man charged with murder in stabbing death

By ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com

The King County Prosecutor filed a charge of second-degree murder against an Auburn

man on July 5, accusing him of stabbing another man to death in Auburn during the early morning hours of July 2.

Marcus Frounfelter, 24, will be arraigned at 9 a.m. July 19 in courtroom GA at the Norm [ more stabbing page 4 ]

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A humbled, grateful Ariana Kukors stepped to the podium last Friday night.

Auburn’s celebrated Olympian hopes to step onto a different podium in less than three weeks when she competes for gold at the London Summer Games.

“Definitely, a medal … a medal, for sure,” Kukors said of her objective for the July 27-Aug. 12 Olympics in England. “I want to do well. I definitely can make improvements. I’m just so excited to be going.”

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A Strong Leader During his career as a 25-year veteran police officer and commander of a 15-city Homicide/Violent Crimes Task Force, Chris saw a disheartening amount of crime that resulted from not solving the problems with our education system. Chris believes that wise investments in education are the best insurance against kids becoming involved in drugs, gangs and crime. As Chairman of the House Public Safety Committee, he passed tough laws to keep sex and violent offenders locked up.

A Loyalty to Local Businesses His wife of 34 years, April, is a small business owner. She owns April’s Pet Salon on Cole Street in Enumclaw, where she grooms cats and dogs. Chris understands small businesses, and when Workers Comp and Unemployment Insurance rates were about to rise last year, he overhauled these programs in Olympia to avoid rate increases which would have killed jobs in our local communities. Chris and April know firsthand that small businesses are the economic foundations of our local communities. Chris also improved our Buy Washington statutes that will give businesses in our state a competitive advantage, and because he believed it was important to share in the sacrifice in these tough economic times, he cut his own legislative pay.

A Commitment to Returning Veterans Andrew Hurst, their son, is still in the Army, but is back home after serving three tours of duty in the Middle East as a member of the 173rd Airborne Infantry, where 69 soldiers from his unit were killed in action. Their nephew was also killed in Iraq, so you can understand why veteran’s issues are important to the Hurst family, and are ever-present in their minds. Chris passed important laws in Olympia to help our returning vets.

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Pacific’s insurance will be cancelled if changes are not made by year’s end

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

The City of Pacific has until the end of the year to get its house in order or risk losing its insurance.

On July 2 Pacific Mayor Cy Sun received a letter from Wes Crago, chairman of the Cities Insurance Association of Washington, informing him that Pacific’s membership in the association would be cancelled effective Dec. 31. Along with its membership in the association, the city was also informed that it would be dropped by insurance carrier Canfield.

According to Pacific Councilman Gary Hulsey, the loss of insurance would be disastrous for the City.

“If we lose our insurance it will take us a while to get another,” he said. “That would mean that no official City vehicles or machinery would be able to operate.

You need insurance to have them on the road. And

[ SUN from page 1 ] transplant and community activist who authors the Taking Back Pacific blog – the opportunity was eye-opening.

“People have the feeling that you aren’t hearing them,” French told Sun after being invited to speak during the meeting.

“You need to slow down, and you need to listen to people. The council has the same ideas, too. They’re against you because you want to run the whole show by your own way. Cy Sun’s way.

It’s either my way or the highway, that’s what I’m getting out of this.”

Despite his contentious approach to negotiations, Sun did manage to get approval from the union to allow the City to temporarily use Sound Inspections to issue and approve building permits (contingent on approval of the City Council, which has to OK any payments made to Sound) until a permanent solution can be found.

Sun also cleared out several pending construction permits that were languishing in the permitting office.

But mostly, the meeting was about the mayor’s management style and the motivation behind his confrontational relationship with the City Council, none of whom were in

each employee and official would be personally liable for anything that went wrong. Effectively, we’d have to shut the City down. If I were a City employee, and we didn’t have insurance, I wouldn’t show up for work.”

According to Crago’s letter, the cancellation is in response to the city’s “failure to employ qualified personnel” in positions that could expose the City to litigation.

Currently the City is without several key department heads, including: the city clerk and personnel director; the police chief; the community services director; the public works and community development director; the City engineer and the building inspector and code enforcement officer.

Canfield declined to comment on the specifics of it’s concerns, but Councilman Tren Walker said he believed the lack of a public works director and City engineer was one of the main

reasons for the insurance carrier’s concern.

“There is nobody in those positions, they’ve been gone the longest,” he said. “And we have two major road projects in the works. Luckily Sumner has taken the lead on the Valentine Road project, but there is still the Stewart Road construction.”

One option the City is exploring to satisfy Canfield is using an interlocal agreement with Auburn to provide vital city services, such as building inspections.

According to Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis, he met with Sun to discuss the possibility of providing services to Pacific.

“We talked about the possibilities,” Lewis said. “We already provide services to other cities around us, and they provide services to us.”

“It’s what we all do,” he said. “We talked about a number of things, but I told him that their attorney needs to talk to our attorney.”

attendance. “(When I started) nobody came up from the council and said you’re the new mayor, congratulations,” Sun said. “I just sat there, my wife and I. Then my wife started elbowing me and said, ‘They’re talking about you.’”

According to Sun, his first interaction with the council focused on controversy surrounding his military record and set the tone for his future relationship with the councilmembers.

“I heard Gary Hulsey say to me (at that first meeting), ‘Tomorrow at 8 o’clock you will report to my house and present your credentials and your medals,’” he said. “And this is a councilmember talking. He said, ‘If you’re not there, I’ll have the FBI arrest you.’

“This is the kind of greeting I got from the council on my first day,” Sun continued. “I sat there and got all the sneers, the bad looks, and the humiliation was almost unbearable.”

When Kringle suggested in the meeting that a mediator might help to smooth over relations between him and the council, Sun was swift to respond with a challenge.

“I tell you what, why don’t you people get together and conduct a recall on me?” Sun said.

“I’d be glad to accept it. I

want you to get together and start the recall on me. That will solve all the problems. That way I can just go away. Let’s do that.

That’s my decision. Have a recall on me. I’m waiting for a recall. And I’m waiting to quit and go home on a recall.

“I want to leave all this, and I’ll tell you why,” Sun said. “Every time I get a phone call from my kids (in Oregon) they ask.

‘Dad, what the hell are you doing up there? Get the hell out of there.’ My grandson called me after the meeting last night (Monday) and asked why I didn’t come home because they’re skinning me alive. But I can’t come home unless they recall me.”

When asked why he continued to act as mayor, despite wanting to leave, Sun’s answer was simple.

“Because the people voted me in, and I want the people to vote me out,” Sun concluded.

Whatever remedies Pacific takes, they’ll have to come quick, according to Crago’s letter.

“The CIAW Board of Directors, through its administrator Canfield, is willing to reconsider this action, but we will need to see swift, concrete and verifiable deeds to bring a more stable and professional environment to the City of Pacific.”

ALSO: The Pacific City Council took action Monday to ensure it will continue to have legal representation by passing an ordinance wresting control of the hiring and firing of the City attorney from the mayor.

Ordinance 12-1826 repealed the chapter in the Pacific Municipal Code that put the power of hiring and firing the City attorney and

City prosecutor in the hands of the mayor. The ordinance switched the positions to contract employee positions, which would require a vote by the council to hire or fire the City attorney and prosecutor.

City attorney Kenyon Luce will continue to serve as the City’s attorney, negating a 30-day termination notice he had received from Sun last month.

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[4] July 13, 2012 Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent for allegedly killing Roger Roberts, 23.

Frounfelter is in jail at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center on $1 million bail.

According to the Auburn police affidavit of probable cause, which forms the basis of the single charge, Roberts had intervened to break up a fight between a man and woman and was preparing to return to a friend’s house across the street when Frounfelter, who had not been involved in the

[ thefts from page 1 ] the “Siamese” model that lets firefighters attach one or more supply lines to provide sufficient water to firefighters when the flames are up, said Kimberly McDonald, a public information officer for the VRFA. The cost of replacing these devices can easily exceed $500 per unit, McDonald said, in a release.

Until recently, thefts of FDCs were relatively rare events. But earlier this year, the VRFA’s Fire Marshal’s Office started to notice an uptick in FDC thefts at apartment complexes,

fight, stabbed the unarmed Roberts in the chest. The King County Medical Examiner reported Roberts died of a single stab wound to the heart.

Frounfelter later told police that he had come outside because he had seen his youngest child in the street among the fighting adults. According to witnesses cited in the affidavit, however, none of Frounfelter’s children were outside at that time.

According to the affidavit, the series of events that led to Roberts death started with a verbal argument between Frouncommercial businesses and hotel-motels. Business owners, fire system contractors, and firefighters going about their regular duties started to notice the problem, too.

The VRFA has since advised all victimized businesses to file a report with their local police.

It has also notified all registered fire protection system contractors in its service area.

“The VRFA encourages the public to be on the alert for any person or persons trying to remove this life-safety equipment,” McDonald said.

“We ask the public to

felter’s aunt and her live-in boyfriend in their home at 909 6th St. SE then became violent and spilled into the front yard and onto the street in front of the house Frounfelter shared with them.

According to the affidavit, Frounfelter allegedly admitted to detectives that he had about five to six beers and a couple of hits of marijuana before the fight. He told detectives that he suffers from brain trauma, has undergone some 19 surgeries to correct the problem and has suffered series of strokes. more story online… auburn-reporter.com

immediately call 911 and report it to the police.”

McDonald said legitimate contractors should have well marked vehicles and the owner’s permission to be working on the system. Such contractors typically work or are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week because the nature of their business.

“They all carry identification and won’t be offended should police contact them about what they’re doing,” McDonald said.

Anyone with questions about this or any other VRFA-related topics should call 253-288-5800 or email askthevrfa.org.

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Police Blotter

Shoplifting: 3:45 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police busted a man for shoplifting wine from Safeway.

Fireworks: 8:14 p.m., 12500 block of Southeast 295th Street. Police arrested a boy for igniting a bottle rocket.

Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between July 3 and July 5:

Shoplifting: 5:15 p.m., 4010 A St. SE. Somebody stole an undisclosed make and quantity of liquor from Albertsons.

Fireworks: 10 p.m., 12300 Southeast 307th Place. Police arrested a woman for discharging illegal fireworks and let her go.

Shoplifting: 5 p.m., 4010 A St. SE. A male of undisclosed vintage stole beer and liquor from Albertsons.

Fireworks: 10:20 p.m., 900 block of 26th Street Northeast. Police arrested a boy for having illegal, go-up-andblow-up fireworks.

This week’s…

July 3 Vandalism: 2:14 p.m., 600 block of L Place Southeast. A boy got himself arrested for shooting at a parked car with a BB gun.

Assault with a knife: 1:08 p.m., 23 A St. SW. One of the male contestants in a fight at the Transit Station decided to settle things with a knife. When police showed up, three of the five guys involved ran off, and the two remaining refused to cooperate, hinting at a strong desire not to be victims.

Possession: 2:21 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a female for shoplifting something or other from Safeway. An inspection of her person then turned up pills and drug para-

Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 215 calls for service between July 2 and 8, among them the following:

Shoplifting: 7:03 p.m., 1702 Auburn Way N. Police arrested a girl for shoplifting a fermented beverage from the north end Top Food and Drug.

July 4 Blazing saddle: 4 a.m., 2800 Lake Tapps Parkway SE. Somebody, or several somebodies, tipped over a Honeybucket and set it ablaze.

Warrant: 4:04 p.m., 1243 Auburn Way S. A man wanted on a felony warrant paid an unwelcome visit to Pizza Hut and got himself arrested.

Police found a number of stolen items on location, the firefighters returned to their station.

July 3 Aid call: 12:07 p.m., (Algona).

Firefighters examined a sick female and King County Medics asked for further evaluation. A private ambulance transported the female to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

July 2

July 4

Explosion: 11:39 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responded to a report of an unknown explosion and fire but as Auburn police were already

Smoke investigation: 2:46 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters expected a Dumpster fire but got a small, easilyextinguishable beauty bark fire.

July 5 Alcohol offense: 2:07 a.m., 2402 Auburn Way S. Casino security contacted a man and his 20-year-old girlfriend in the Spice Bay Buffet after the guy let the young woman slurp from his glass of alcohol. Casino Security advised the naughty pair that they would have to leave the property. They were identified, and given the boot.

Arson: 5:42 a.m., 30900 130th Avenue Southeast. A sparkler bomb ignited a portable potty.

July 5 Aid call: 7:03 p.m., (Lea Hill).

A man fell off a ladder, and, despite landing on his feet, sustained an injury to his right foot. Firefighters treated the man and a private ambulance transported him to ARMC.

July 6 Residential duplex fire: 2:28 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a fire at the 3400 block of M Place SE snuffed out the blaze, thereby protecting the adjacent unit. Firefighters transported two injured people to ARMC for further treatment. The South King Investigation Task Force is investigating what happened.

July 8 Residential fire: 1:33 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a report of smoke from a residence in the 4200 block of Auburn Way South found an exterior wall fire that had burned and filled the attic with smoke. Firefighters put out the fire quickly and nobody was hurt.

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– Ariana Kukors, Auburn’s Olympics-bound swimmer

Loss of a good man, dear friend Dave Watson was a kind and generous man who gave much of himself for the betterment of others.

Family, friends and students gathered at Kent Covenant Church on Monday night to remember the gregarious Kent man who was a devoted husband, a caring father of four children, a beloved Green River Community College instructor and a warm host for international students learning English.

Watson also was an ordained minister and an adventurous man, fond of travel and learning, but, most of all, people.

Watson died July 4 when he broke through about 4 feet of snow in Mount Rainier’s Paradise area. He was swept 30 feet down the creek underneath the snow, according to Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Patti Wold.

Despite rescuers’ efforts, Watson later died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was 51.

“He was a good man and dear friend,” said Mark Dawson, who went to college with Watson and maintained a close friendship for 30 years. “He was caring, cheerful, generous and kind. … He loved others, he loved Christ.”

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Watson graduated from Wheaton College, where his father was a graduate of the class of 1936, and where his daughter, Leah, attends today.

He earned a master’s degree in religion at Westminster Theological Seminary.

Watson spent two years teaching English in China. He traveled the world and met his wife in South Korea. They were married in Seoul on Feb. 13, 1992, and again in Broomhall, Pa., the following Aug. 8 – two ceremonies, two families.

The Watsons raised four children.

The family moved to Kent in 2002.

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City should open public defenders contract to bid Several years ago I approached the City of Auburn requesting they open the Office of Assigned Counsel (OAC) Public Defenders contract to bid.

The rate then paid to the OAC was approximately $22,000.00 per month. I advised the City I could bid it at $20,000 plus provide additional attorneys. The City declined and renewed with the current firm first for $24,000, then again for $26,000 a month.

That exercise cost the City approximately $240,000 in additional OAC compensation over my offer.

Months ago I approached the City again and was told the City is considering bringing the position in-house. I recently read that employee

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Chamber endorses candidates

The Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently voted to endorse candidates in the 30th, 31st, and 47th Legislative District races and in the King County Sheriff ’s race, not just on position, but on individual candidate qualifications.

The chamber invited all candidates running for the positions to participate in their interview process. Each candidate who participated completed a pre-interview

questionnaire and scheduled a private interview with the Chamber’s Government Affairs Candidate Interview Task Force.

The Chamber voted to approve the following endorsements:

Endorsed highly qualified (Candidate satisfies criteria to earn an endorsement and in addition, truly holds a very strong understanding of key business issues.)

• Katrina Asay, 30th Legislative District, position 2

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. benefits equal approximately 30 percent of wages. Further, the City’s stated requirements to be a public defender are overly strenuous, probably more for liability sake then to protect the accused. So we can expect those “exceptionally qualified” employees to be

• Cathy Dahlquist, 31st Legislative District, position1 • Mark Hargrove, 47th Legislative District, pos. 1 • Christopher Hurst, 31st Legislative District, position 2 • Linda Kochmar, 30th Legislative District, pos.1 • Tony Moore, 30th Legislative District, pos. 1 • Steve Strachan, King County Sheriff • Pat Sullivan, 47th Legislative District, pos. 2

paid an additional premium.

I encourage the City to continue looking at efficiencies.

I request that they begin by looking at their own practices.

While we all want the best money can buy, sometimes the best we can afford is a better deal.

Having been a pro tem judge for the cities of Tacoma and Auburn, I have presided over thousands of cases, set bail, issued warrants, imposed sentences and sanctions, and dismissed cases. I do not take the OAC responsibilities lightly.

I ask the City of Auburn to please consider opening the OAC contract for bid but make the requirements such that zealous advocates are encouraged to apply. I believe the City leaders can find adequate public defenders for less than the current annual $312,000.

– John Torres, attorney at law

• Lisa Connors, 31st Legislative District, pos. 2 • Roger Flygare, 30th Legislative District, position 1 • Brian Gunn, 31st Legislative District, pos. 1 • Andy Massagli, 47th Legislative District, pos. 2 • Bud Sizemore, 47th Legislative District, pos. 1 Not endorsed (Candidate does not satisfy enough of the criteria to earn an endorsement.)

• Rick Hoffman, 30th Legislative District, pos. 2

• John Urquhart, King County Sheriff

Candidates invited to participate but chose not to:

Endorsed qualified (Candidate satisfies criteria to earn an endorsement, but their knowledge of all the key business issues needs the Chamber’s assistance to improve.)

• Roger Freeman, 30th Legislative District, position 2 • Jerry Galland, 30th Legislative District, pos. 1 • Thom Macfarlane, 30th Legislative District, pos. 1

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Kukors took advantage of a small window to come home last week before she left last Saturday for Nashville, Tenn., to train with the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. She soon will be off to France for a week’s worth of preparation for the London Games. Team USA is scheduled to enter the Olympic village July 23.

The Auburn community – led by family, friends, coaches and supporters – threw her a sendoff party at the Performing Arts Center, the first of many fundraising functions that will help fund Kukors’ way.

“It means so much to me,” she said of the large gathering, “Normally we don’t have the opportunity to come home, so I really feel like I have a commu-

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Ariana Kukors is the first Olympian from Auburn since Al Rossi competed in rowing for the U.S. at the 1952 Summer Games.

Rossi was the coxswain of the American boat that won the bronze medal at Helsinki, Finland.

Bonney Lake’s Melanie Roach, an Auburn High graduate and former gymnastics star for the Trojans, competed in weightlifting at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Roach broke her own 10-year-old American record and finished sixth in the 53-kilogram weight division at Beijing.

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in the world, no matter where I’m training, this is home,” she said.

Kukors, a 2007 Auburn Mountainview graduate and Pac-10 champion at the University of Washington, qualified for the Games when she rallied in the final 50-meter freestyle leg to grab second in a stirring 200 individual medley final at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb., on June 28.

It is her first taste of the Olympics, having missed by fractions of seconds in a bid for the 2008 Games in Shanghai, China.

But this time, Olympic dreams finally came true for the 23-year-old Kukors.

“Relief and all those feelings. Relief is probably foremost,” Kukors said of grabbing a spot on the roster. “They say with our U.S. Olympic Trials, the only thing that matters is getting your ticket.

“I’m so excited to be going. I really love racing internationally, and I really feel like that brings out the best in me.”

The world recordholder in the 200 IM, 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.

Kukors holds the world record in the 200 individual medley (long course) and has won seven medals in major international competition.

Kukors set the world record in the 200 IM (2:06.15) at Italy in July 2009.

Now comes the chal-

lenge of bringing family overseas. Team Kukors is large, tight knit and supportive.

“They give us two tickets for the parents, then we have to scrounge for everything else.,” said Kukors’ mother, Jaapje, a bookkeeper at Auburn Mountainview. “We’re still working on it.”

The fact that one of her three daughters – all decorated swimmers – has made the Olympics has yet to fully sink in for Jaapje.

“It’s still kind of surreal.

It’s like, ‘wow, exciting.’ ” the proud mom said. “It was a relief. We were so relieved because she reached her accomplishment.”

Pete Kukors couldn’t be prouder of his daughter.

“It’s kind of fun when one of your kids actually has a goal and obtains it. ...

This is a once-in-a-lifetime deal,” he said.

Kukors, the Olympian, plans to turn her attention to details, then dial up her drive for the Games.

“I’m going to bring my intensity up for about two weeks. I’m going to hit it hard. I’ve been running, I’ve been back in the weight room,” she said.

“I’m pretty much going to work on everything. (It was) a disappointing time (at the trials). It wasn’t where it should have been in any way, shape or form.

I know there’s a lot of room for improvement.

“They say the Olympics are like a breeze compared to the trials in terms of nervousness,” she said. “It’s definitely the payoff. I’m really excited to take it all in.”

Mark Dawson talks about his lifelong, close friend, Dave Watson, at Monday’s memorial service.

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[ klaas from page 5 ] Watson was ordained with the Christian Reformed Church and served as pastor of Good News Fellowship in Kent from 2002-04. The Watson family has been a part of Kent Covenant Church since 2007, and Watson continued to preach regularly in churches throughout the Seattle area.

“His heart was his ministry,” said the Rev. Rod Vanderly, pastoral mentor and friend.

Watson taught IESL (intensive English as a second language) classes at Green River Community College for the past five years, but he had been teaching the language to non-native speakers for decades.

“Mr. Watson taught English to about 300 international students since 2007, and hosted 22 international students as a host family before that,” said Ross Jennings, GRCC’s associate vice president of

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“Dave was very well regarded for his generous heart, optimistic spirit and dedication to family, church, friends, colleagues and students,” Jennings said. “He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him.”

Survivors include his wife, Jungsoon “Jamie” Watson, and children — Leah, David, Anna and Stephen.

“He not only was my dad, he was my best friend,” Stephen said.

A memorial fund has been established to support the college education and other needs of the Watson children. Please make checks payable to the: David K. Watson Memorial Fund. Checks can be dropped off at the Kent Covenant Church office, 12010 SE 240th St.

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Connors to make run at House seat and administrators to do the best they can for kids.

“To serve as an educaAuburn School District tion advocate for all kids voters twice elected Lisa in Washington State and Connors to the Auburn to fight for some needed School District Board, first reforms, that’s my main in 2007, again in 2009. priority,” Connors said.

Those five years taught Jobs and the economy her many things, from and transportation top her leadership skills to the list, too. absolutely vital role that Small businesses being education plays in every the backbone of the area of our lives, economy, Connors says the Auburn said, it’s essential Republican. to ease regulations But the state and help businesses of Washington’s wherever possible. education cuts of “There’s a few recent years, which areas that could rehave so hamstrung ally help them right and frustrated Connors now. A small busidistrict staff and ness B&O tax credit administrators, is one that would help our taught her something else smallest businesses, espe– that her place should cially the small businesses be in Olympia, when and that are under five years, to where lawmakers make stay open,” Connors said. those budget decisions.

“I talk to business people That’s why Connors is as I’m campaigning, and a candidate for the State they are struggling every House of Representaday to keep their doors tives District 31, position open. In construction, I 2. To win, she’ll have to hope to help free up the beat Rep. Chris Hurst in permitting processes to get the general election come them through the system November. within 90 days. That would “I’m running because really help people who of the continued budget are ready to put people to cuts to education over work and stimulate our the last five years,” Coneconomy. nors said. “It’s significant Connors, formerly a to our school district, it’s project coordinator at significant to our kids. a civil engineering firm The cuts have strapped the in Federal Way, said she district and gone way too understands the permitfar. It’s very difficult to try ting process very well and and balance the needs of knows first hand how long our kids with the financial it can take to get anything constraints that we have.” done.

Unfunded mandates and “Those are companies reduced funding every year make it “incredibly difficult,” that are ready to invest in our economy and hire Connors added, for staff

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people,” Connors said.

Connors and her three teenage boys, Austin, Andrew and Anthony, live in the Lake Holms area east of Auburn. All of her kids have attended or are attending Auburn schools. She has lived in Auburn 20 years.

Connors divided much of her own childhood between Cle Elum and Homer, Alaska. She gradu-

ated from high school in 1986, earned an AA degree in business administration from North Idaho College and then the University of Washington in Tacoma from which she graduated in 2010 with a BA in political science.

Connors is a member of the Auburn Youth Resources board of directors.

AUBURN JOINED SEATTLE AND SIX OTHER SOUTH KING COUNTY CITIES as All-America Cities chosen by the National Civic League last week based on the region’s ambitious plan to ensure that more children are reading at grade level by the end of third grade.

Chosen from a field of more than 100 entries, the proposal for Seattle and the cities of Auburn, Burien, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila was submitted by the Road Map Project, a cradle-to-collegeand-career initiative aimed at improving education in South Seattle and South King County. The community was one of 14 recipients selected from 32 finalists.

The awards were handed out at the conclusion of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading conference in Denver. Awardees will compete again in 2016 based on results obtained from efforts to improve third-grade reading.

Objectives of Seattle and the South King County cities’ plan include building and sustaining a major regional commitment to improving grade-level reading and developing broad public awareness efforts to make third-grade reading a regional priority.

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Hildreth, team to build homes for Kenyans

BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com

Richard Hildreth is about to serve the people again – this time, the people of Kenya.

An electrician by trade and a former two-term mayor of Pacific, Hildreth plans to join Habitat for Humanity on a Global Village mission to the impoverished East African nation to build homes.

Hildreth is part of a Seattlearea contingent that will work with native families and laborers in Africa to construct hand-made-brick homes.

The team of 15 strong from all walks and backgrounds – a police officer, architect and contractor, for

example – will build houses alongside people who need a decent, affordable place to live.

“From what I’ve heard, the homes are really spartan,” Hildreth Hildreth said. “We are there to help, to build brick homes.”

Hildreth is excited about the Aug. 31-Sept. 8 visit. He has done considerable work in past regional projects for the organization. Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County invited Hildreth to make the outreach mission.

“This is a great opportunity to

show the people of Kenya what Americans are all about, and I look forward to the experience,” Hildreth said. “This is going to be an exceptional experience. I hope to do more of these in the future.”

Habitat for Humanity Kenya was formed in 1982. In rural areas, most families live in mud daub houses with thatch roofs. The houses are difficult to maintain and provide a breeding ground for insects, termites and rodents.

Habitat is building houses in Kenya by using the resources available in local areas, constructing with timber or stabilized soil bricks, depending on the location.

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stay in a school, church or community center. Sleeping bags are usually needed and mosquito nets will be provided by the affiliate. In most cases, breakfast and dinner will be provided where the team is staying.

Lunch is usually provided on site by the homeowner.

To get there, Hildreth’s union, International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) No. 46, has donated money to cover his airfare. But Hildreth is raising funds to help cover other costs, such as food, lodging and transportation. All donations can be made directly to Habitat for Humanity and are tax deductible.

You can donate online at www. habitat.org.

Your art is wanted for an Auburn community show. The Auburn Valley Creative Arts group is reaching out to artists and asking them to hang art at the Auburn Avenue Theater for the Aug. 11 Auburn Days festival.

There is space for 40 2D art pieces. Art can be dropped off at the Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Community celebrates Pacific Days this weekend Pacific Partnerships presents its annual Pacific Days this weekend at Pacific City Park, 600 3rd Ave. SE. The free three-day event runs 4-9 p.m.

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Saturday and 11 a.m.4 p.m. Sunday.

The kids parade with children riding their decorated bicycles down 3rd Avenue Southeast begins at 6:15 p.m. Friday.

The grand parade, also running along 3rd Avenue, begins at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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Auburn Youth Resources seeks new backpacks and supplies for its low-income students who will be returning to school in September and may otherwise go back to class without needed school supplies. The AYR's goal is to supply 150 new backpacks filled with school supplies.

Donations will be accepted at AYR, 936 Auburn Way S., or 816 F St. SE between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, during July and August.

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Auburn celebrated the Fourth of July in traditional style last week – a day of fun, food and activities.

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Acers win Seattle Metro tourney qualify for nationals The16U Acers Orange team qualified for the ASA 16U Nationals tournament with a first-place finish at the Sea-Tac Metro Championships last weekend. The Acers, with players from Auburn, travel to Montgomery, Ala. from July 29 to Aug. 5 for the national tourney.

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Longtime Auburn Riverside fastpitch coach steps down Leverenz will stay on as Raven volleyball coach

By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com

Memories tend to bump and jostle for space in the mind and heart of a veteran coach.

For Auburn Riverside’s Christine Leverenz, who after 16 years has stepped down as the Ravens fastpitch coach, many memories bubble up instantly.

The best of them even leave her a bit misty eyed.

Like seeing players such as Hannah Melick and Brooke Bray mature into team leaders.

Or looking on in awe at the sheer grit of an immovable Amanda Fitzsimmons.

“I have a couple of moments,” Leverenz laughed.

“I get emotional about them. I watch kids grow and change and mature into these incredible kids.

I watch them go through struggles, athletic and other.”

Though she will continue to coach Riverside’s volleyball program – a position

she’s held since the school opened in 1995 – for the foreseeable future, leaving her baby is tough.

“It’s a bit bittersweet,” Leverenz said. “Because I built this and know I have to watch someone else take it over. I’m going to try not to be territorial, because it’s not about me … I’m growing and other things are becoming more important.

Being a head coach in two sports for 17 years definitely takes a chunk out of your personal life. And it’s becoming more demanding every year, with having to work and run camps in the summer. I always tell my kids that family comes first, but I’m not sure I’ve always displayed that.”

Leverenz, a Federal Way native, was a three-sport athlete in track, basketball and volleyball at Thomas Jefferson High School.

Back then, softball was not an option for female prep athletes, so Leverenz played club ball as a youth.

After graduating in 1979, Leverenz moved on to Washington State University, where she played varsity volleyball for two years. She graduated with a degree in physical education in 1983 and returned to the South Sound to begin her teach-

Christine Leverenz has stepped down as the Auburn Riverside fastpitch head coach after 16 years. Shawn Skager, Auburn Reporter ing and coaching career.

“I knew PE was always something on my horizon,” Leverenz said. “I knew I always wanted to stay involved in athletics in some way. When I looked at the possibilities I figured that was the best way to do that. And after I did that I thought I’d like to coach. Even back when I was younger I was – I don’t want to say bossy – but the leadership type.”

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Her coaching career also started at Auburn as an assistant on the school’s volleyball and slowpitch softball teams for Nancy Zehnder.

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Turns out, Leverenz had fallen for the district.

“I love the Auburn School District, so I decided to stay here,” she said.

In 1993, when AHS changed from slowpitch to fastpitch, she took over as Auburn’s softball coach.

“And then when Auburn Riverside opened, I didn’t even originally apply for the job,” Leverenz said. “I had nine seniors (at Auburn), and I just couldn’t see leaving them. I felt horrible leaving them as seniors.”

Riverside principal Bruce Phillips, however, talked her into accepting a teaching job and the Raven head volleyball coaching position.

“So my first year here at Auburn Riverside I taught and coached volleyball, while coaching Auburn fastpitch,” she said. “And the district let me do that, which was nice. They understood my commitment to those kids (at Auburn).”

Since taking over the program in 1996, Leverenz helped set a standard of excellence for Raven fastpitch

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“As I look back it’s probably been the best experience in my life,” she said. “Looking back at it, I was just a baby. It was 16 years ago and I was just learning. Fastpitch was always home for me, so that was never out of my comfort zone.”

In volleyball, her teams

AUBURN GYM AUBURN PARKS AND RECREATION OPEN GYM HOURS: The PRAB Gymnasium, located at Les Gove Park at 910 9th St. S.E., hosts open gym schedules for youth and adults. All ages open gym is Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Adult open gym is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Thursday.

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earning eight trips to the state tourney, including a second-place finish in 2007 and a third-place in 2009.

She calls her time as an assistant with Zehnder at Auburn “crucial” to her development as a volleyball coach.

“I took a little bit of her and a little bit of me, and that’s how I started the team over here,” she said.

Now, it’s time for Leverenz to concentrate solely on volleyball, with

per child per session, $1 per additional child. No more than three children per adult. No registration required. Parent or caregiver must provide supervision of children at all times. Closed January 16. For more information on any of the programs call Auburn Parks at 253-9313043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

FOOTBALL AUBURN PARKS AND RECREATION FLAG FOOTBALL SUMMER LEAGUE: Teams will play eight games in this six-to-a-side league beginning July 15 and ending Aug. 12. Early registration deadline is June 27. Cost is $650 a team.

For more information on any of the programs call Auburn Parks at 253-9313043, or online at www.auburnwa.gov.

the Ravens and the Lake Tapps club team, for which she coaches beginning players.

Leverenz said she also plans to concentrate more on building a career in school administration.

“I got my masters in that this past year,” she said. “I like admin, I like the administrative side of schools,” she said. “I think that maybe I will take another path, and I need to clear my life to do that.”

But she will always

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have those memories.

And at the top, Fitzsimmons, who earned a scholarship to the University of Washington and is now a junior pitcher for Idaho State University.

“Amanda, by far, has been the most intense, focused, team-oriented, passionate young lady who ever played for me,” Leverenz said. “When she was a junior, she had a cyst on her tailbone.”

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weeks ago, a slim chance remains.

The team, which includes several players from the Auburn Little League Lady Huskies Tournament of Champion winners, began play in the Majors tourney this past Friday at Everest Park in Kirkland, losing its opener against Gig Harbor.

The team played a consolation bracket game to stay alive on Wednesday, with results unavailable at press time.

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“So they go and they slice this thing up and leave it open,” she said.

“They pack it, and she’s at the team meeting laying there medicated. I’m looking at my assistant coach and saying, ‘this isn’t going to happen.’

And we all knew back then we rode on Amanda’s arm.”

The cyst, however, was no match for Fitzsimmons.

“I’m watching her warm up, and the kid has no pain expression on her face,” she said. “I’m watching to see if she’s just faking it, and she’s just being tough. And she goes out and pitches the game of her life.”

Fitzsimmons’ performance on the mound in the tourney, despite her injury, helped the Ravens’ grab fourth in the tourney.

“I’ve never been so moved by anything in my life,” Leverenz said.

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Dated the 9th, of July, 2012 Angelica Solvang for Jane Montgomery, City Clerk Published in Auburn Reporter on July 13, 2012. #650099.

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lands in trust for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, described as: Lots 2, 3 & 4 City of Auburn Short Plat Number SPL0007-89, recorded under Recording Number 9009110973, being a portion of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 21 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King County, Washington.

King County Tax Parcel Nos. 2021059060, 2021059061 and 2021059062 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 13, 2012. #650230.

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: That part of Government Lot 12, Section 1, Township 20 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in King County, Washington, described as follows: An Undivided One-Half Interest in; Beginning at the southeast corner of Government Lot 12; thence north 88°06’ west 615 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence north 730.7 feet, more or less, to the south line of the north 590.2 feet of said Government Lot; thence north 88°06’ west 232.8 feet; thence south to the quarter section line being the south boundary of Lot 12 to a point south 88°06’ east 232.8 feet from the point of beginning; thence south 88°06’ east 232.8 feet along said quarter section line to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT that portion conveyed to King County for road purposes by deed recorded under Recording Number 1549787.

Tax Parcel No. 0120059091 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 13, 2012. #650235.

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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. Sunday’s program: • Auburn Valley Creative Arts offers a free drawing for a piece of art. This week’s drawing is for a gallery-wrapped canvas print of a Mary Ellen Bowers collage. Her work is created from used gift cards, given a second life as artwork. • Dog Days of Summer. Enter your pooch in the Parade of Market Dogs at noon for prizes. Details at the Market tent. 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, on stage entertainment. Food donations being accepted at the Pacific Partnerships booth. For further information including a map to the park, visit www. pacificpartnerships.org.

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 (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.

Deadline to register is July 15. 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.

Bon Odori Festival: 4-9 p.m., July 28, White River Buddhist Temple, 3625 Auburn Way N. Annual festival celebrates the mid-summer holiday of Obon, a time for Buddhists to honor their ancestors and Japanese heritage. Group performances, traditional dances, music. Food for sale.

Booths open at 4-4:30 p.m. Schedule: Okinawa Kenjin-Kai Taiko Group performance (4-5 p.m.); children’s lantern parade (5:15 p.m.); short opening service inside the temple (5:45); greetings and introductions (6 p.m.); traditional Odori dancing (6:159:30 p.m.); Seattle Matsuri Taiko Drum group performance (7:30). Information: www.whiteriverbuddhisttemple.org.

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.

Washington Emerald Classic Horse Show: July 19-22,Donida Farms Equestrian Center, 16600 SE 376th St., Auburn. For more information, visit www.donidafarm. com.

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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Puget Sound Blood Center drives: For more information, call 253-945-8667 or please visit www.psbc.org.

Garage, parking lot sale: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., July 14, Messiah Lutheran Church, 410 H St. NE, Auburn. Furniture, gardening and lawn items, clothing, toys, kitchen ware, etc.

Mad Dog Boot Camp Fitness: 10:3011:30 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 products, or hygiene/personal care products for the cause. Organic products welcome. Free camp offered every other Saturday: July 28; Aug. 11, 25.

17th annual AYR-EYFS Golf Tournament: July 19, Washington National, 14330 SE Husky Way, Auburn. Proceeds support Auburn Youth Resources and Enumclaw Youth and Family Services. Registration at noon; shotgun Start at 1:30 p.m. Scramble format. For Registration and sponsorship information, call 253-351-6059 or visit www.ayr4kids.org.

Health Cascade Regional Blood Center drives: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., July 14, City of Pacific (Pacific Days), 600 Third Ave. SE; 11:30

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.

Classes, camps 29th annual “Senior College, LifeLong 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.

Farm Snooze: 4 p.m.-8 a.m., July 21-22, Mary Olson Farm, 28728 Green River Road,

Auburn. Pitch a tent and spend a night camping under the stars. Camp out activities include scavenger hunts, field games and a hot dog and marshmallow roast. Farm Snooze is sponsored in part by REI. Cost: $25 per individual camper/$20 per camper for groups of six or more; children under age 4 are free. Register online at www. wrvmuseum.org.

Entertainment 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 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 253931-3043.

Outdoor Movie Nights: Summer nights, beginning at dusk. Matchett Park, 402 Warde St., Algona. Presented by the City of Algona. Lineup: “We Bought a Zoo”, July 20; “Big Miracle”, Aug. 4. Refreshments will be provided by South Valley Police Explorers.

Bring chairs and blankets. Call 253-8332897 for more information.

Kids SummerStage outdoor concert series: Noon, every Wednesday, Les Gove Park, 910 9th St. SE, Auburn. Free. Lineup: • 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.

Summer Sounds & Cinema: 7 p.m., Fridays, various Auburn parks. Free. Lineup: • Aug. 3, Sunset Park, 1306 69th St. SE, concert: No Rules; movie: “Tangled” (PG); • Aug. 10, Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth Street SE, concert: One Eyed Jack; movie: “Toy Story” (G); • Aug. 17, Les Gove Park, 910 Ninth St. SE, concert: Funaddicts; Movie: “Despicable Me” (PG). For more information, call Auburn Parks, Arts and Recreation at 253-931-3043.

Zola’s Cafe: Live music every Friday, 7-9 p.m., 402 E. Main St., Suite 120. For information, contact Sonia Kessler at the cafe at 253-333-9652.

Museums White River Valley Museum: Events: Explore the historic world of moving massive materials to market in the new exhibit.

Rails to Sails, Tracking the Sound’s Industry Boom from Shore to Ship, on display from April 25-July 29. Museum located at 918 H St. SE, Auburn. Regular admission: $2 adults, $1 seniors and children. Admission is free on Wednesdays and the fourth Sunday of the month. Call 253-288-7433 or visit www.wrvmuseum.org for tickets and event information.

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...obituaries Kenneth C. Darby

Kenneth C. Darby, 60, died July 2, 2012 in Auburn. Born July 28, 1951 in Enumclaw to Roy & Helen (Maks) Darby. He was the Store Director at the WildernessVillage QFC and a member of the Auburn Eagles #2298.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 19 at 12 pm at the Auburn Eagles, 702 “M” Street S.E. 650005

August H. (Gus) Nehl

Safety Day: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., July 20, Auburn Valley Y south parking lot, 1620 Perimeter Road SW. A hundred free bicycle helmets distributed by Safe Kids of South King County. Program includes: free car seat safety check with King County EMS; bicycle safety demonstration by the Ride & Glide Bicycle Group; personal and aquatics safety activities with the Auburn Valley Y; safety activities with Auburn police and Valley Regional Fire Authority. Free to the community. For more information, call 253-833-2770.

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 253-833-2897 for an application.

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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 1-877242-5663 or visit www.crbs.net/home.

August H. (Gus) Nehl was called home to rest in the loving arms of our Lord Jesus on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at home in Federal Way, WA. Gus was born in Duluth, MN on September 8, 1922. He excelled in many sports in high school and served as a Merchant Marine during WWII. He survived the torpedo attack and sinking of United States Army Transport ship The Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943 and moved to Olympia WA to attend St. Martins College on a basketball scholarship following the war.

He met his first wife, Pat, in Olympia and they had three children - Kathy, Bill and Kim. Pat became ill and passed away in 1967. He worked hard as a lumber yard foreman and provided for his three children as they grew up in Auburn. He was a devout Catholic and an excellent role model with steadfast kindness, integrity and above all else, honesty. He also had a great sense of humor. His hobby was bowling.

He met and married a wonderful lady named Delia Storer in 1973.They enjoyed 35 years of love, laughter, and service to the Catholic Church and community until her tragic death from a car crash in 2008. They both loved gardening, visiting with friends, golf, traveling, and spending time with their families. They moved to Kettle Falls in 1990 to be closer to Delia’s family and lived on land that was like a piece of heaven on earth. It was truly a delight to see them living in such a beautiful and peaceful place, so very happy.

Gus is survived by his loving children Kathy, Bill, and Kim, along with many nieces and nephews. His friends and siblings have all been waiting for him in heaven, and were starting to wonder if he might not make it....

A private family graveside memorial service is planned.

His family requests that remembrances be made to the St. Vincent De Paul charity.

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Carolyn Eileen Erickson 9-2-1931 to 6-30-12

Eileen was born to Thomas O’Neil and Carolyn Mesher in Auburn, WA. She matriculated through the Auburn school system graduating in 1949.While in high school, she was in several theatrical productions and active in the chorus. Upon graduation, she attended Seattle University and later worked for the GSA in Auburn. In 1952, she married Dan Erickson and moved around the country as he rose in his career with St. Regis Paper Co. Eileen enjoyed family activities and hosted many holiday festivities enjoyed by her extended family. Upon Dan’s retirement, they traveled extensively around the United States and spending time with his family in Minnesota. After Dan’s passing, she volunteered for many years in the office at Holy Family Parish in Auburn.

Eileen is survived by her brothers James (Marion) and Thomas of Sumner and Auburn. She is also survived by 14 nieces and nephews who loved her very much.

A funeral service was held July 5, 2012 at Holy Family Parish in Auburn with burial at the Sumner City Cemetery. No flowers please.

Contributions in her name to PAWS and the Fred Hutchinson Research Center or a charity of your choice.

The family would like to thank the Franciscan Hospice in Tacoma for their wonderful care given to Eileen during her last days.

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Gerald Arthur Kilgore

Gerald Arthur Kilgore was born April 24, 1921 in Athena, Oregon and passed away peacefully at Aegis of Kirkland on July 3, 2012 at 91 years old.

He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. He married Doris Skaret on October 6, 1944, adopted their daughter Marla in 1963.

Art opened the first Auburn Safeway in 1958, and in 1962, he and his wife Doris moved to Fairbanks, Alaska to open a local Safeway Store. They later moved back to Auburn, WA where he started his own grocery store and rental proprietorship in Auburn in 1966 with Art’s Highway Supermarket, ice machines and apartments above his store. He sold the store in 1971 but retained the apartments.

He continued maintaining properties until his late 70’s.

Art is preceded in death by his wife Doris, 2006. He is survived by his daughter Marla Benjamin, niece Edna Gessel, other nieces, nephews – including several great-great nieces and nephews.

Art was commonly known as Auburn’s south-end mayor, and he was honored as one of Auburn’s local legends in 2003.

Celebration of his life will be Saturday, July 14, 1:00 at BonneyWatson Washington Memorial, 16445 International Blvd SeaTac, WA. Memorials to, Aegis of Kirkland Resident Fund. Please sign online memorial at www.bonneywatson.com 650135

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